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FAMILY Gunther, 1870 - snake and worm eels SUBFAMILY Myrophinae Kaup, 1856 - worm eels [=Neenchelidae, Aoteaidae, Muraenichthyidae, Benthenchelyini] Ahlia Jordan & Davis, 1891 - worm eels Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884) - key worm [=crenatus, hexastigma, humilis, macrophthalmus, microps] GENUS Asarcenchelys McCosker, 1985 - worm eels Species Asarcenchelys longimanus McCosker, 1985 - emaciated worm eel GENUS Benthenchelys Fowler, 1934 - worm eels Species Benthenchelys cartieri Fowler, 1934 - Panay worm eel Species Benthenchelys indicus Castle, 1972 - Indian worm eel Species Benthenchelys pacificus Castle, 1972 - Pacific worm eel GENUS Glenoglossa McCosker, 1982 - worm eels Species Glenoglossa wassi McCosker, 1982 - lure-tongue worm eel GENUS Mixomyrophis McCosker, 1985 - worm eels Species Mixomyrophis longidorsalis Hibino et al., 2014 - Red Sea worm eel Species Mixomyrophis pusillipinna McCosker, 1985 - mosaic worm eel GENUS Muraenichthys Bleeker, 1853 - worm eels Species Muraenichthys gymnopterus (Bleeker, 1852) - longfinned worm eel [=microstomus] Species Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901 - Waka-unagi Species Muraenichthys malabonensis Herre, 1923 - Malabon worm eel Species Muraenichthys philippinensis Schultz & Woods, 1949 - Philippines worm eel Species Muraenichthys schultzei Bleeker, 1857 - maimed snake eel Species Muraenichthys sibogae Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 - Timor worm eel Species Muraenichthys thompsoni Jordan & Richardson, 1908 - Thompson's worm eel Species Muraenichthys velinasalis Hibino & Kimura, 2015 - curtain-nose worm eel GENUS Myrophis Lütken, 1852 - worm eels [=Hesperomyrus, Holopterura, Leptoconger] Species Myrophis anterodorsalis McCosker et al., 1989 - longfin worm eel Species Myrophis lepturus Kotthaus, 1968 - Aden worm eel Species Myrophis microchir (Bleeker, 1864) - ordinary worm eel Species Myrophis platyrhynchus Breder, 1927 - broadnose worm eel [=emmae] Species Myrophis plumbeus (Cope, 1871) - Leaden worm eel [=longicollis] Species Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852 - [=dolichorhynchus, iguapensis, longleii, lumbricus, microstigmius, mollis, perlongus] Species Myrophis vafer Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 - Pacific worm eel [=fryi] GENUS Neenchelys Bamber, 1915 - worm eels Species Neenchelys andamanensis Hibino et al., 2015 - Andaman worm eel Species Neenchelys buitendijki Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 - fintail Species Neenchelys cheni (Chen & Weng, 1967) - Chen's worm eel [=retropinna] Species Neenchelys daedalus McCosker, 1982 - daedalus worm eel Species Neenchelys diaphora Ho et al., 2014 - diaphora worm eel Species Neenchelys gracilis Ho & Loh, 2015 - gracile worm eel Species Neenchelys mccoskeri Hibino et al., 2012 - McCosker's worm eel Species Neenchelys microtretus Bamber, 1915 - Bamber's worm eel Species Neenchelys nudiceps Tashiro et al., 2015 - Tashiro's worm eel Species Neenchelys parvipectoralis Chu et al., 1981 - Pingtan worm eel Species Neenchelys pelagica Ho et al., 2014 - pelagic worm eel Species Neenchelys similis Ho et al., 2014 - similis worm eel GENUS Pseudomyrophis Wade, 1946 - worm eels Species Pseudomyrophis atlanticus Blache, 1975 - Blache's Atlantic worm eel Species Pseudomyrophis frio (Jordan & Davis, 1891) - Frio slender worm eel Species Pseudomyrophis fugesae McCosker et al., 1989 - diminutive worm eel Species Pseudomyrophis micropinna Wade, 1946 - smallfin worm eel Species Pseudomyrophis nimius Böhlke, 1960 - Bohlke's gulf worm eel GENUS Pylorobranchus McCosker & Chen, in McCosker et al., 2012 - worm eels Species Pylorobranchus hearstorum McCosker, 2014 - gigantic worm eel Species Pylorobranchus hoi McCosker et al., 2012 - Ho's worm eel GENUS Schismorhynchus McCosker, 1970 - worm eels Species Schismorhynchus labialis (Seale, 1917) - grooved-jaw worm eel GENUS Schultzidia Gosline, 1951 - worm eels Species Schultzidia johnstonensis (Schultz & Woods, 1949) - peppered worm eel Species Schultzidia retropinnis (Fowler, 1934) - fringe-lipped worm eel [=malaita] GENUS Scolecenchelys Ogilby, 1897 - worm eels [=Aotea, Myropterura] Species Scolecenchelys acutirostris (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) - sharpnose worm eel Species Scolecenchelys aoki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) - Aoki worm eel [=borealis, japonicus, okamurai] Species Scolecenchelys australis (Macleay, 1881) - shortfin worm eel [=lengomena, lingowenah, smithi, tasmaniensis] Species Scolecenchelys brevicaudata Hibino & Kimura, 2015 - short-tail worm eel Species Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876) - shorthead worm eel [=acus, devisi, halituna, ogilbyi] Species Scolecenchelys castlei McCosker, 2006 - deepwater big-eye worm eel Species Scolecenchelys chilensis (McCosker, 1970) - McCosker's Chilian worm eel Species Scolecenchelys cookei (Fowler, 1928) - Cooke's worm eel Species Scolecenchelys erythraeensis (Bauchot & Maugé, 1980) - Aqaba worm eel Species Scolecenchelys fuscapenis McCosker et al., 2012 - Tosa Bay worm eel Species Scolecenchelys fuscogularis Hibino et al., 2013 - Hibino's worm eel Species Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Regan, 1909) - Godeffroy's worm eel Species Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker, 1857) - Indo-Pacific slender worm eel [=fowleri, huysmani] Species Scolecenchelys iredalei (Whitley, 1927) - coral worm eel [=erythraeensis] Species Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897) - redfin worm eel Species Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857) - slender snake eel [=owstoni, uniformis] Species Scolecenchelys nicholsarum (Waite, 1904) - Nichol's worm eel Species Scolecenchelys profundorum (McCosker & Parin, 1995) - McCosker's Nazca worm eel Species Scolecenchelys puhioilo (McCosker, 1979) - McCosker's Hawaiian worm eel Species Scolecenchelys robusta Hibino & Kimura, 2015 - robust worm eel Species Scolecenchelys vermiformis (Peters, 1866) - shortfinned worm eel Species Scolecenchelys xorae (Smith, 1958) - orangehead worm eel GENUS Skythrenchelys Castle & McCosker, 1999 - worm eels Species Skythrenchelys macrostomus (Bleeker, 1864) - rare worm eel [=lentiginosa] Species Skythrenchelys zabra Castle & McCosker, 1999 - angry worm eel GENUS Sympenchelys Hibino et al., 2015 - worm eels Species Sympenchelys taiwanensis Hibino & Kimura, 2015 - Taiwanese worm eel SUBFAMILY Ophichthinae Rafinesque, 1815 - snake eels [=Peropteres, Ophichthyctes, Cogridi, Echelini, Dalofidini, Monotteridi, Colubrinia, Ophisuria, Echelia, Ophictia?, Apteridia, Jugulibranchia, Apterichthini, Sphagebranchidae, Myrinae, Brachysomophides, Leptognathi, Ophichthyina, Acanthenchelyidae, Caeculinae, Aprognathodontidae, Callechelyini, Bascanichthyini] GENUS Allips McCosker, 1972 - snake eels Species Allips concolor McCosker, 1972 - smalleye snake eel GENUS Aplatophis Böhlke, 1956 - snake eels Species Aplatophis chauliodus Böhlke, 1956 - tusky eel Species Aplatophis zorro McCosker & Robertson, 2001 - snaggletoothed snake eel GENUS Aprognathodon Böhlke, 1967 - snake eels Species Aprognathodon platyventris Böhlke, 1967 - stripe eel GENUS Duméril, 1806 - snake eels [=Apterichthys, Branderius, Caecilia, Ophisurapus, Typhlotes, Verma] Species (Peters, 1877) - slender finless eel Species Apterichtus ansp (Böhlke, 1968) - academy eel Species Apterichtus australis McCosker & Randall, 2005 - South Pacific snake eel Species (Linnaeus, 1758) - European finless eel [=apterygia, branderiana] Species Apterichtus dunalailai McCosker & Hibino, 2015 - Vanuatu finless eel Species Apterichtus equatorialis (Myers & Wade, 1941) - finless eel [=gymnocelus] Species Apterichtus flavicaudus (Snyder, 1904) - orange snake eel, sharpnose sand eel, sharpnose snake eel Species Apterichtus gracilis (Kaup, 1856) - gracile snake eel Species Apterichtus hatookai Hibino et al., 2014 - Hatooka snake eel Species Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi McCosker & Hibino, 2015 - Vanua finless eel Species (Gilbert, 1891) - Western Atlantic finless eel Species Apterichtus keramanus Machida et al., 1997 - Kerama snake eel Species Apterichtus klazingai (Weber, 1913) - sharpsnout snake eel Species Apterichtus malabar McCosker & Hibino, 2015 - Malabar finless eel Species Apterichtus monodi (Roux, 1966) - Monod's snake eel Species Apterichtus moseri (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) - Suruga Bay snake eel Species Apterichtus mysi McCosker & Hibino, 2015 - Fatu Hiva finless eel Species Apterichtus nariculus McCosker & Hibino, 2015 - Laha finless eel Species Apterichtus orientalis Machida & Ohta, 1994 - Kii snake eel Species Apterichtus succinus Hibino et al., 2016 - Ura Pou finless eel GENUS Bascanichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891 - sand eels Species Bascanichthys bascanium (Jordan, 1884) - sooty eel [=gilberti] Species Bascanichthys bascanoides Osburn & Nichols, 1916 - sooty sand eel Species Bascanichthys ceciliae Blache & Cadenat, 1971 - Senegalese sand eel Species Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 - round sand eel Species Bascanichthys deraniyagalai Menon, 1961 - Indian longtailed sand eel Species Bascanichthys fijiensis (Seale, 1935) - Fiji sand eel Species Bascanichthys filaria (Günther, 1872) - Irian Jaya sand eel Species Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker et al., 1989 - Yabucoa sand eel Species Bascanichthys kirkii (Günther, 1870) - longtailed sand eel Species Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) - Samoan sand eel Species Bascanichthys myersi (Herre, 1932) - Myers' sand eel Species Bascanichthys panamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 - Panama sand eel Species Bascanichthys paulensis Storey, 1939 - Sao Paulo sand eel [=congoensis] Species Bascanichthys pusillus Seale, 1917 - Viti sand eel Species Bascanichthys scuticaris (Goode & Bean, 1880) - sooty eel, [=teres] Species Bascanichthys sibogae (Weber, 1913) - Siboga snake eel GENUS Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856 - snake eels [=Achirophichthys, Auchenichthys, Dendrophis] Species Brachysomophis atlanticus Blache & Saldanha, 1972 - Blache's Atlantic sand eel Species Brachysomophis cirrocheilos (Bleeker, 1857) - stargazer snake eel [=cirrochilus] Species Brachysomophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833) - crocodile snake eel [=horridus, sauropsis, typus] Species Brachysomophis henshawi Jordan & Snyder, 1904 - reptilian snake eel Species Brachysomophis longipinnis McCosker & Randall, 2001 - Taiwan Strait sand eel Species Brachysomophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) - giant snake eel [=adspersus] Species Brachysomophis umbonis McCosker & Randall, 2001 - turret snake eel GENUS Caecula Vahl, 1794 - snake eels [=Sphagebranchus] Species Caecula pterygera Vahl, 1794 - finny snake eel [=rostratus] GENUS Callechelys Kaup, 1856 - snake eels [=Cryptopterygium] Species Callechelys bilinearis Kanazawa, 1952 - twostripe snake eel Species Callechelys bitaeniata (Peters, 1877) - Indian two-lined snake eel [=canaliculatus] Species Callechelys catostoma (Schneider, in Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - darkband snake eel [=melanotaenia, pinnaceps, striatus] Species Callechelys cliffi Böhlke & Briggs, 1954 - sandy ridgefin eel Species Callechelys eristigma McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1972 - spotted ridgefin eel Species Callechelys galapagensis McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1972 - Galapagos ridgefin eel Species Callechelys guineensis (Osório, 1893) - shorttail snake eel [=pantherina, perryae] Species Callechelys kuro (Kuroda, 1947) - Kuro ridgefin eel Species Callechelys leucoptera (Cadenat, 1954) - Goree snake eel Species Callechelys lutea Snyder, 1904 - yellow-spotted snake eel Species Callechelys maculatus Chu et al., 1981 - Pingtan snake eel Species (Bleeker, 1854) - marbled snake eel [=guichenoti] Species Callechelys Jordan & Evermann, 1887 - blotched snake eel Species Callechelys papulosa McCosker, 1998 - blistered snake eel Species Callechelys randalli McCosker, 1998 - Marquesan snake eel Species Callechelys springeri (Ginsburg, 1951) - ridgefin eel [=holochroma] GENUS Caralophia Böhlke, 1955 - snake eels Species Caralophia loxochila Böhlke, 1955 - slantlip eel GENUS Chauligenion McCosker & Okamoto, 2016 - snake eels Species Chauligenion camelopardalis McCosker & Okamoto, 2016 - giraffe-spotted snake eel GENUS Cirrhimuraena Kaup, 1856 - snake eels [=Calamuraena, Jenkinsiella] Species Cirrhimuraena calamus (Günther, 1870) - fringe-lipped snake eel Species Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon (Bleeker, 1860) - Papua snake eel Species Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856 - Chinese beard eel Species Cirrhimuraena inhacae (Smith, 1962) - Inhaca fringelip Species Cirrhimuraena oliveri (Seale, 1910) - Zamboanga fringe-lipped snake eel Species Cirrhimuraena orientalis Nguyen, 1993 - Vietnamese fringe-lipped snake eel Species Cirrhimuraena paucidens Herre & Myers, 1931 - paucidens fringe-lipped snake eel Species Cirrhimuraena playfairii (Günther, 1870) - fringelip snake eel [=arenicola, macgregori] Species Cirrhimuraena tapeinopterus Bleeker, 1863 - Javan fringelip eel Species Cirrhimuraena yuanding Tang & Zhang, 2003 - East China fringe-lipped eel GENUS Cirricaecula Schultz, in Schultz et al., 1953 - snake eels Species Cirricaecula johnsoni Schultz, 1953 - fringelip snake eel Species Cirricaecula macdowelli McCosker & Randall, 1993 - Macdowell's fringelip snake eel GENUS Dalophis Rafinesque, 1810 - snake eels [=Pelia, Pterurus, Scytallurus] Species Dalophis boulengeri (Blache et al., 1970) - Boulenger's Dakar snake eel Species Dalophis cephalopeltis (Bleeker, 1863) - Ghana snake eel [=buettifoferi] Species Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche, 1809) - armless snake eel [=bimaculata, kefersteini, oculatus] Species Dalophis multidentatus Blache & Bauchot, 1972 - Senegalese snake eel Species Dalophis obtusirostris Blache & Cadenat, 1972 - Blache's dalophis GENUS Rafinesque, 1810 - painted eels [=Myrus] Species Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758) - [=longicollis, punctatus, vulgaris] Species Echelus pachyrhynchus (Vaillant, 1888) - deepwater painted eel Species Echelus polyspondylus McCosker & Ho, 2015 - many vertebrae snake eel Species Echelus uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) - uropterus painted eel GENUS Echiophis Kaup, 1856 - spoonnose eels [=Crotaloposis, Macrodonophis, Notophtophis] Species Echiophis brunneus (Castro-Aguirre & Suárez de los Cobos, 1983) - Pacific spoonnose eel Species Echiophis intertinctus (Richardson, 1848) - spotted spoonnose eel [=caudomaculatus] Species Echiophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859) - snapper eel, stippled spoon-nose eel [=creutzbergi, mordax, schneideri] GENUS Ethadophis Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970 - snake eels Species Ethadophis akkistikos McCosker & Böhlke, 1984 - indifferent eel Species Ethadophis byrnei Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970 - ordinary eel Species Ethadophis merenda Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970 - GENUS Evips McCosker, 1972 - snake eels Species Evips percinctus McCosker, 1972 - false saddled snake eel GENUS Gordiichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891 - snake eels Species Gordiichthys combibus McCosker & Lavenberg, 2001 - Pacific horsehair eel Species Gordiichthys ergodes McCosker et al., 1989 - irksone eel Species Gordiichthys irretitus Jordan & Davis, 1891 - horsehair eel Species Gordiichthys leibyi McCosker & Böhlke, 1984 - Species Gordiichthys randalli McCosker & Böhlke, 1984 - Puerto Rican sand eel GENUS Hemerorhinus Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 - snake eels Species Hemerorhinus heyningi (Weber, 1913) - Molo snake eel Species Hemerorhinus opici Blache & Bauchot, 1972 - opic snake eel GENUS Herpetoichthys Kaup, 1856 - snake eels [=Pogonophis] Species Herpetoichthys fossatus (Myers & Wade, 1941) - mustachioed snake eel [=afuerae] Species Herpetoichthys regius (Richardson, 1848) - ornate snake eel [=ornatissimus] GENUS Hyphalophis McCosker & Böhlke, 1982 - snake eels Species Hyphalophis devius McCosker & Böhlke, 1982 - Antilles snake eel GENUS Ichthyapus Brisout de Barneville, 1847 - snake eels [=Rhinenchelys] Species Ichthyapus acuticeps (Barnard, 1923) - sharpnose sand eel Species Ichthyapus acutirostris Brisout de Barneville, 1847 - Barneville snake eel Species Ichthyapus insularis McCosker, 2004 - Ascension snake eel Species Ichthyapus kermanus (Machida et al., 1997) - Kerama snake eel Species Ichthyapus ophioneus (Evermann & Marsh, 1900) - finless snake eel, [=conklini] Species Ichthyapus platyrhynchus (Gosline, 1951) - Hawaiian ichthyapus Species Ichthyapus selachops (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) - smiling snake-eel Species Ichthyapus vulturis (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) - Nasi Besar snake eel GENUS Kertomichthys McCosker & Bohlke, 1982 - snake eels Species Kertomichthys blastorhinos (Kanazawa, 1963) - snub-nose snake eel GENUS Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856 - snake eels [=Anguisurus] Species Lamnostoma kampeni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) - freshwater snake eel Species Lamnostoma mindora (Jordan & Richardson, 1908) - Mindoro freshwater snake eel Species Lamnostoma orientale (McClelland, 1844) - Oriental worm eel [=pictum] Species Lamnostoma polyophthalmum (Bleeker, 1853) - ocellated sand eel [=punctulatus] Species Lamnostoma taylori (Herre, 1923) - Taylor's sand eel GENUS Leiuranus Bleeker, 1852 - snake eels [=Cyclophichthys, Elapsopis, Machaerenchelys, Stethopterus] Species Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & Bennett, 1839) - halfbanded snake eel, saddled snake eel [=cinctus, lacepedii, phoenixensis, vanderbilti, vimineus] Species Leiuranus versicolor (Richardson, 1848) - convict snake eel [=cyclorhinus] GENUS Leptenchelys Myers & Wade, 1941 - snake eels Species Leptenchelys vermiformis Myers & Wade, 1941 - slender worm eel GENUS Letharchus Goode & Bean, 1882 - snake eels Species Letharchus aliculatus McCosker, 1974 - Brazilian snake eel Species Letharchus rosenblatti McCosker, 1974 - sailfin snake-eel Species Letharchus velifer Goode & Bean, 1882 - sailfin eel GENUS Lethogoleos McCosker & Böhlke, 1982 - snake eels Species Lethogoleos andersoni McCosker & Böhlke, 1982 - forgetful snake eel GENUS Leuropharus Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970 - snake eels Species Leuropharus lasiops Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970 - acned snake-eel GENUS Luthulenchelys McCosker, 2007 - snake eels Species Luthulenchelys heemstraorum McCosker, 2007 - elongate snake eel GENUS Malvoliophis Whitley, 1934 - snake eels Species Malvoliophis pinguis (Günther, 1872) - halfband snake eel [=hemizona] GENUS Girard, 1859 - snake eels [=Chlevastes, Leiurus] Species Myrichthys aspetocheiros McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1993 - longfin spotted snake eel Species (Richardson, 1848) - sharptail eel [=acuminata, coronata, guttulatus, longus, pisavarius, undulatus] Species (Boddaert, 1781) - broadnose worm eel [=alternans, annulata, bleekeri, elaps, elapsoides, fasciata, fasciatus, latifasciata, naja, oculata, semicincta] Species (Cuvier, 1816) - tiger snake eel [=aki, dromicus, miyamotonis, rupestris, tigrina] Species Myrichthys magnificus (Abbott, 1860) - magnificent snake eel [=stypurus] Species Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825) - goldenspotted eel [=keckii, latemaculatus, oculatus] Species Myrichthys paleracio McCosker & Allen, 2012 - Peri's snake eel Species Myrichthys pantostigmius Jordan & McGregor, in Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - Clarion snake eel Species Myrichthys pardalis (Valenciennes, 1839) - leopard eel Species Myrichthys tigrinus Girard, 1859 - spotted tiger snake eel [=quincunciatus] Species Myrichthys xysturus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) - Mazatlan snake eel [=peninsulae, quincunciatus, tigrinus] GENUS Mystriophis Kaup, 1856 - snake eels Species Mystriophis crosnieri Blache, 1971 - spoon-nose snake eel Species Mystriophis rostellatus (Richardson, 1848) - African spoon-nose eel GENUS Ahl, 1789 - snake eels [=Acanthenchelys, Antobrantia, Centrurophis, Coecilophis, Cogrus, Cryptopterenchelys, Cryptopterus, Giscenchelys, Innominado, Leptorhinophis, Microdonophis, Omochelys, Ophis, Ophithorax, Oxyodontichthys, Paramyrus, Poecilocephalus, Scytalophis, Syletophis, Syletor, Uranichthys, Zonophichthus] Species Ophichthus alleni McCosker, 2010 - Allen's snake eel Species Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856) - black finned snake eel [=melanochir, zophistius] Species Ophichthus aniptocheilos McCosker, 2010 - Tonga snake eel Species Ophichthus apachus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 - thin snake eel Species Ophichthus aphotistos McCosker & Chen, 2000 - dark deepwater snake eel Species Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) - blunt nose snake eel [=bangko, compar, diepenhorsti, spadiceus] Species Ophichthus arneutes McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 - diver snake eel Species Ophichthus asakusae Jordan & Snyder, 1901 - Japanese ophichthus Species Ophichthus bicolor McCosker & Ho, 2015 - Dong-gang snake eel Species Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856) - Napoleon snake eel, purplebanded snake eel [=chrysospilos, episcopus, garretti, markworti] Species Ophichthus brachynotopterus Karrer, 1983 - Malagasy ophichthus Species Ophichthus brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856) - Brazilian ophichthus Species Ophichthus brevicaudatus Chu et al., 1981 - Taiwan Strait ophichthus Species Ophichthus brevirostris McCosker & Ross, 2007 - Cape Lookout snake eel Species Ophichthus celebicus (Bleeker, 1856) - Sulawesi snake eel Species Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker, 1864 - darkshouldered snake eel, blacksaddle snake eel Species Ophichthus congroides McCosker, 2010 - Tuamotu snake eel Species Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896) - margined snake eel [=conger, marginatus, mucronatus] Species Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839) - tentacle-nose eel, dusky snake eel [=parilis] Species Ophichthus echeloides (D'Ancona, 1928) - Perim snake eel Species Ophichthus erabo (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) - Fowler's snake eel [=retifer] Species Ophichthus exourus McCosker, 1999 - tapered snake eel Species Ophichthus fasciatus (Chu et al., 1981) - Pingtan snake eel Species Ophichthus fowleri (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) - Fowler's snake eel Species Ophichthus frontalis Garman, 1899 - death-banded snake-eel Species Ophichthus genie McCosker, 1999 - genie snake eel Species Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855) - [=brachyurus, chrysops, limbatus, macrurus, magnioculis] Species Ophichthus grandoculis (Cantor, 1849) - Penang snake eel Species Ophichthus habereri Franz, 1910 - Yokohama ophichthus Species Ophichthus hirritus McCosker, 2010 - Seycheles snake eel Species Ophichthus humanni McCosker, 2010 - Vanuatu snake eel Species Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker & Böhlke, 1984 - faintsaddled snake eel Species Ophichthus ishiyamorum McCosker, 2010 - Aden ophichthus Species Ophichthus kunaloa McCosker, 1979 - kunaloa snake eel Species Ophichthus lentiginosus McCosker, 2010 - freckled snake eel Species Ophichthus leonensis Blache, 1975 - Sierra Leone snake eel Species Ophichthus limkouensis Chen, 1829 - Limkou snake eel Species Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908) - Eversman's snake eel [=evermanni] Species Ophichthus longipenis McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 - slender snake eel Species Ophichthus machidai McCosker et al., 2012 - Tosa Bay snake eel Species Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker, 1852) - Jakarta snake eel Species Ophichthus macrops Günther, 1910 - Gilbert Islands snake eel Species Ophichthus maculatus (Rafinesque, 1810) - Sicilian snake eel Species Ophichthus manilensis Herre, 1923 - Cavite snake eel Species Ophichthus marginatus (Peters, 1855) - shorthead snake eel Species Ophichthus mecopterus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 - longarmed snake eel Species Ophichthus megalops Asano, 1987 - Mie snake eel Species Ophichthus melanoporus Kanazawa, 1963 - blackpored eel Species Ophichthus melope McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 - black pored snake eel Species Ophichthus menezesi McCosker & Böhlke, 1984 - Besnard snake eel Species Ophichthus microstictus McCosker, 2010 - McCosker's Tonga snake eel Species microcephalus Day, 1878 - Malabar snake eel Species Ophichthus mystacinus McCosker, 1999 - New Caledonian ophichthus Species Ophichthus obtusus McCosker et al., 2012 - obtuse ophichthus Species Ophichthus omorgmus McCosker & Böhlke, 1984 - dottedline snake eel Species (Linnaeus, 1758) - spotted snake eel [=brachycephalus, callisoma, guttatus, hauannensis, ribeiroi, serpens, sulcatus] Species Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864 - manyeyed worm eel [=bleekeri] Species Ophichthus pullus McCosker, 2005 - McCosker's Angolan snake eel Species Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1859) - [=guttifer, retropinnis] Species Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837) - punctuated snake-eel [=ater, biserialis, callaensis, dicellurus, exilis, pacifici, ramiger, uniserialis] Species Ophichthus retrodorsalis Liu et al., 2010 - Fuzhou snake eel Species Ophichthus rex Böhlke & Caruso, 1980 - Species Ophichthus roseus Tanaka, 1917 - roseus snake eel Species Ophichthus rotundus Lee & Asano, 1997 - Yellow Sea snake eel Species Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810) - rufus snake eel [=hispanus, remicaudus] Species Ophichthus rugifer Jordan & Bollman, 1890 - wrinkled snake eel Species Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1852) - olive snake eel [=derbyensis, lumbricoides, rhytidoderma, rhytidodermatoides, rutidodermatoides] Species Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917 - Cape serpentine ophichthus [=bennettai, karreri] Species Ophichthus shaoi McCosker & Ho, 2015 - Yilan snake eel Species Ophichthus singapurensis Bleeker, 1864-65 - Singapore snake eel Species Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922) - spinefin snake eel [=zonatus] Species Ophichthus stenopterus Cope, 1871 - Cope's oriental snake eel Species Ophichthus tchangi Tang & Zhang, 2002 - Tchang's snake eel Species Ophichthus tetratrema McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 - Blanca snake eel Species Ophichthus tomioi McCosker, 2010 - Bernardino Strait snake eel Species Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup, 1856) - Pacific snake eel [=californiensis, grandimaculata] Species Ophichthus tsuchidae Jordan & Snyder, 1901 - Tsuchid's snake eel Species Ophichthus unicolor Regan, 1908 - plain snake eel [=algoensis, triserialis] Species Ophichthus urolophus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) - Temmincke's ophichthus Species Ophichthus woosuitingi Chen, 1929 - Woosuiting's ophichthus Species Ophichthus zophochir Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 - yellow snake eel [=chamensis] GENUS Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800 - snake eels [=Anepistomon, Leptognathus, Leptorhynchus] Species Ophisurus macrorhynchos Bleeker, 1852 - commercial snake eel Species Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758) - sand snake eel, serpent eel [=acutirostris, capensis, novaezelandiae, oxyrhynchus, oxyrinchus] GENUS Paraletharchus McCosker, 1974 - sailfin eels Species Paraletharchus opercularis (Myers & Wade, 1941) - pouched sailfin eel Species Paraletharchus pacificus (Osburn & Nichols, 1916) - sailfin eel GENUS Phaenomonas Myers & Wade, 1941 - snake eels [=Microrhynchus] Species Phaenomonas cooperae Palmer, 1970 - shortmaned snake eel Species Phaenomonas longissima (Cadenat & Marchal, 1963) - Lemon Valley snake eel [=epinepheli, foresti] Species Phaenomonas pinnata Myers & Wade, 1941 - GENUS Phyllophichthus Gosline, 1951 - snake eels Species Phyllophichthus xenodontus Gosline, 1951 - flappy snake eel [=macrurus] GENUS Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856 - snake eels [=Brachycheirophis] Species Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton, 1822) - rice-paddy eel, glass eel [=acuminata, assamensis, caudatus, harancha, immaculata, microstoma, minimus, potamophilus, rostratus, rubicandus, vermiformis] Species Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848) - longfin snake eel, burrowing snake eel [=baccidens, chrysogaster, madagascariensis, nigrepinnis, schaapii, sinensis] Species Pisodonophis copelandi Herre, 1953 - Copeland's snake eel Species Pisodonophis daspilotus Gilbert, 1898 - marble-toothed snake eel [=brevimanus] Species Pisodonophis hijala (Hamilton, 1822) - Hijala snake eel [=puncticulata] Species Pisodonophis hoeveni (Bleeker, 1853) - Hoeven's snake eel Species Pisodonophis hypselopterus (Bleeker, 1851) - Borneo snake eel Species Pisodonophis sangjuensis Ji & Kim, 2011 - Korean snake eel Species (Richardson, 1848) - semicinctus snake eel GENUS Quassiremus Jordan & Davis, 1891 - snake eels Species Quassiremus ascensionis (Studer, 1889) - blackspotted snake eel [=goslingi, productus] Species Quassiremus evionthas (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) - Galapagos snake eel [=alternatus] Species Quassiremus nothochir (Gilbert, 1890) - smallfish snake-eel [=parvipinna] Species Quassiremus polyclitellum Castle, 1996 - barred snake eel GENUS Rhinophichthus McCosker, 1999 - snake eels Species Rhinophichthus penicillatus McCosker, 1999 - McCosker's penicillatus snake eel GENUS Scytalichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891 - snake eels Species Scytalichthys miurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) - short-tailed viper eel GENUS Stictorhinus Böhlke & McCosker, 1975 - snake eels Species Stictorhinus potamius Böhlke & McCosker, 1975 - Tocantin snake eel GENUS Suculentophichthus Fricke et al., 2015 - snake eels Species Suculentophichthus nasus Fricke et al., 2015 - Red Sea flappy snake eel GENUS Xestochilus McCosker, 1998 - snake eels Species Xestochilus nebulosus (Smith, 1962) - Pinda snake eel GENUS Xyrias Jordan & Snyder, 1901 - snake eels Species Xyrias chioui McCosker et al., 2009 - Taitung snake eel Species Xyrias guineensis (Blache, 1975) - Blache's xyrias snake eel Species Xyrias multiserialis (Norman, 1939) - Aden xyrias snake eel Species Xyrias revulsus Jordan & Snyder, 1901 - Jordan's xyrias snake eel GENUS Yirrkala Whitley, 1940 - snake eels [=Pantonora] Species Yirrkala calyptra McCosker, 2011 - veiled snake eel Species Yirrkala chaselingi Whitley, 1940 - Yirrkala snake eel Species Yirrkala fusca (Zuiew, 1793) - Zuiew's snake eel Species Yirrkala gjellerupi (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) - Tanah Mera snake eel Species Yirrkala insolitus McCosker, 1999 - insolitus snake eel Species Yirrkala kaupii (Bleeker, 1858) - Manado yirrkala snake eel Species Yirrkala lumbricoides (Bleeker, 1864) - Timor yirrkala snake eel [=timorensis] Species Yirrkala macrodon (Bleeker, 1863) - Borneo yirrkala snake eel Species Yirrkala maculata (Klausewitz, 1964) - Nicobar yirrkala snake eel Species Yirrkala misolensis (Günther, 1872) - Misol snake eel Species Yirrkala moluccensis (Bleeker, 1864) - Ambon snake eel Species Yirrkala moorei McCosker, 2006 - Aunu'u snake eel Species Yirrkala omanensis (Norman, 1939) - Oman yirrkala snake eel Species Yirrkala ori McCosker, 2011 - Addington yirrkala snake eel Species Yirrkala philippinensis (Herre, 1936) - Dumaguete yirrkala snake eel Species Yirrkala tenuis (Günther, 1870) - Gunther's yirrkala snake eel [=natalensis]