Eels

Snake Eel
(Ophichthus polyophthalmus)

Systematik

Class

Subclass

Order

Suborder

Family

ACTINOPTERYGII

TELEOSTEI

ANGUILIFORMES

CONGROIDEI

OPHICHTHIDAE

Scientific Name:	Ophichthus polyophthalmus (BLEEKER, 1864)
Synonyme:	Caecula polyophthalma, Ophichthys polyophthalmus

Ophichthus polyophthalmus

General Informations

Names:	Large-Spotted Snake Eel, Many-Eyed Snake Eel, Manyeyed Worm Eel, Ocellated Worm Eel, Yellow-Spotted Snake Eel
Destination:	Indo-Pacific
Environment:
Size:

Description

Species of Genus Ophichthus

Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856)
Ophichthus apachus (McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998)
Ophichthus aphotistos (McCosker & Chen, 2000)
Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
Ophichthus arneutes (McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998)
Ophichthus asakusae (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856)
Ophichthus brachynotopterus (Karrer, 1982)
Ophichthus brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856)
Ophichthus brevicaudatus (Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981)
Ophichthus brevirostris (McCosker & Ross, 2007)
Ophichthus celebicus (Bleeker, 1856)
Ophichthus cephalozona (Bleeker, 1864)
Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839)
Ophichthus echeloides (D'Ancona, 1928)
Ophichthus episcopus (Castelnau, 1878)
Ophichthus erabo (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Ophichthus evermanni (Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
Ophichthus exourus (McCosker, 1999)
Ophichthus fasciatus (Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981)
Ophichthus frontalis Garman, 1899
Ophichthus garretti Günther, 1910
Ophichthus genie McCosker, 1999
Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855)
Ophichthus grandoculis (Cantor, 1849)
Ophichthus hyposagmatus (McCosker & Böhlke, 1984)
Ophichthus karreri (Blache, 1975)
Ophichthus kunaloa (McCosker, 1979)
Ophichthus leonensis (Blache, 1975)
Ophichthus limkouensis (Chen, 1929)
Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908)
Ophichthus longipenis (McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998)
Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker, 1853)
Ophichthus macrops (Günther, 1910)
Ophichthus maculatus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Ophichthus madagascariensis (Fourmanoir, 1961)
Ophichthus manilensis (Herre, 1923)
Ophichthus marginatus (Peters, 1855)
Ophichthus mecopterus (McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998)
Ophichthus megalops (Asano, 1987)br>
Ophichthus melanoporus (Kanazawa, 1963)
Ophichthus melope McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
Ophichthus menezesi McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
Ophichthus microcephalus (Day, 1878)
Ophichthus mystacinus McCosker, 1999
Ophichthus omorgmus McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ophichthus parilis (Richardson, 1848)
Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864
Ophichthus pullus McCosker, 2005
Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1860)
Ophichthus regius (Richardson, 1848)
Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
Ophichthus rex Böhlke & Caruso, 1980
Ophichthus roseus Tanaka, 1917
Ophichthus rotundus Lee & Asano, 1997
Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Ophichthus rugifer (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)
Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1853)
Ophichthus serpentinus (Seale, 1917)
Ophichthus singapurensis (Bleeker, 1864-65)
Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922)
Ophichthus stenopterus (Cope, 1871)
Ophichthus tchangi (Tang & Zhang, 2002)
Ophichthus tetratrema (McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998)
Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup, 1856)
Ophichthus tsuchidae (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Ophichthus unicolor (Regan, 1908)
Ophichthus urolophus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Ophichthus woosuitingi (Chen, 1929)
Ophichthus zophochir (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)