Kinds of Fish

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Scientific name -- Other names
Ophichthidae -- Snake Eels
   Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884) -- Key Worm Eel
   Allips concolor McCosker, 1972
   Aplatophis chauliodus Böhlke, 1956 -- Fangtooth Snake Eel
   Aplatophis zorro McCosker and Robertson, 2001 -- Snaggle-toothed Snake-eel
   Aprognathodon platyventris Böhlke, 1967 -- Stripe Eel
   Apterichtus anguiformis (Peters, 1877) -- Slender Finless Eel
   Apterichtus ansp (Böhlke, 1968) -- Academy Eel
   Apterichtus caecus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- European Finless Eel
   Apterichtus equatorialis (Myers and Wade, 1941) -- Finless Eel
   Apterichtus flavicaudus (Snyder, 1904)
   Apterichtus gracilis (Kaup, 1856)
   Apterichtus gymnocelus (Böhlke, 1953)
   Apterichtus kendalli (Gilbert, 1891) -- Western Atlantic Finless Eel
   Apterichtus keramanus Machida, Hashimoto and Yamakawa, 1997
   Apterichtus klazingai (Weber, 1913) -- Sharpsnout Snake Eel
   Apterichtus monodi (Roux, 1966)
   Apterichtus moseri (Jordan and Snyder, 1901)
   Apterichtus orientalis Machida and Ohta, 1994
   Asarcenchelys longimanus McCosker, 1985
   Bascanichthys bascanium (Jordan, 1884) -- Sooty Eel
   Bascanichthys bascanoides Osburn and Nichols, 1916 -- Sooty Sand-eel
   Bascanichthys ceciliae Blache and Cadenat, 1971
   Bascanichthys congoensis Blache and Cadenat, 1971
   Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek and Hildebrand, 1923 -- Round Sand-eel
   Bascanichthys deraniyagalai Menon, 1961 -- Indian Longtailed Sand-eel
   Bascanichthys fijiensis (Seale, 1935)
   Bascanichthys filaria (Gunther, 1872)
   Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker, Böhlke and Böhlke, 1989
   Bascanichthys kirkii (Gunther, 1870) -- Longtailed Sand-eel
   Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner and Steindachner, 1867)
   Bascanichthys myersi (Herre, 1932)
   Bascanichthys panamensis Meek and Hildebrand, 1923 -- Panama Sand-eel
   Bascanichthys paulensis Storey, 1939
   Bascanichthys pusillus Seale, 1917
   Bascanichthys scuticaris (Goode and Bean, 1880) -- Whip Eel
   Bascanichthys sibogae (Weber, 1913)
   Benthenchelys cartieri Fowler, 1934
   Benthenchelys indicus Castle, 1972
   Benthenchelys pacificus Castle, 1972
   Brachysomophis atlanticus Blache and Saldanha, 1972
   Brachysomophis cirrocheilos (Bleeker, 1857) -- Stargazer Snake Eel
   Brachysomophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833) -- Crocodile Snake Eel
   Brachysomophis henshawi Jordan and Snyder, 1904
   Brachysomophis longipinnis McCosker and Randall, 2001
   Brachysomophis porphyreus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)
   Brachysomophis umbonis McCosker and Randall, 2001
   Caecula pterygera Vahl, 1794 -- Finny Snake Eel
   Callechelys bilinearis Kanazawa, 1952 -- Twostripe Snake Eel
   Callechelys bitaeniata (Peters, 1877)
   Callechelys catostoma (Schneider and Forster, 1801) -- Black-striped Snake Eel
   Callechelys cliffi Böhlke and Briggs, 1954 -- Sandy Ridgefin Eel
   Callechelys eristigma McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1972 -- Spotted Ridgefin Eel
   Callechelys galapagensis McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1972
   Callechelys guineensis (Osório, 1893) -- Shorttail Snake Eel
   Callechelys leucoptera (Cadenat, 1954)
   Callechelys lutea Snyder, 1904 -- Yellow-spotted Snake Eel
   Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker, 1853) -- Marbled Snake Eel
   Callechelys muraena Jordan and Evermann, 1887 -- Blotched Snake Eel
   Callechelys papulosa McCosker, 1998
   Callechelys randalli McCosker, 1998
   Callechelys springeri (Ginsburg, 1951) -- Ridgefin Eel
   Callechelys striata Smith, 1957
   Caralophia loxochila Böhlke, 1955 -- Slantlip Eel
   Cirrhimuraena calamus (Gunther, 1870)
   Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon (Bleeker, 1860)
   Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856
   Cirrhimuraena inhacae (Smith, 1962) -- Inhaca Fringelip
   Cirrhimuraena oliveri (Seale, 1910)
   Cirrhimuraena orientalis Nguyen, 1993
   Cirrhimuraena paucidens Herre and Myers, 1931
   Cirrhimuraena playfairii (Gunther, 1870) -- Fringelip Snake-eel
   Cirrhimuraena tapeinopterus Bleeker, 1863
   Cirricaecula johnsoni Schultz, 1953 -- Fringelip Snake Eel
   Cirricaecula macdowelli McCosker and Randall, 1993
   Dalophis boulengeri (Blache, Cadenat and Stauch, 1970)
   Dalophis cephalopeltis (Bleeker, 1863)
   Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche, 1809) -- Armless Snake Eel
   Dalophis multidentatus Blache and Bauchot, 1972
   Dalophis obtusirostris Blache and Bauchot, 1972
   Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Painted Eel
   Echelus pachyrhynchus (Vaillant, 1888)
   Echelus uropterus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) -- Finned Worm Eel
   Echiophis brunneus (Castro-Aguirre and Suárez de los Cobos, 1983) -- Pacific Spoon-nose Eel
   Echiophis creutzbergi (Cadenat, 1956) -- Spoon-nose Eel
   Echiophis intertinctus (Richardson, 1848) -- Spotted Spoon-nose Eel
   Echiophis punctifer (Kaup, 1860) -- Stippled Spoon-nose Eel
   Elapsopis cyclorhinus (Fraser-Brunner, 1934)
   Elapsopis versicolor (Richardson, 1848) -- Convict Snake Eel
   Ethadophis akkistikos McCosker and Böhlke, 1984
   Ethadophis byrnei Rosenblatt and McCosker, 1970 -- Ordinary Eel
   Ethadophis epinepheli (Blache and Bauchot, 1972)
   Ethadophis foresti (Cadenat and Roux, 1964)
   Ethadophis merenda Rosenblatt and McCosker, 1970 -- Snack Eel
   Evips percinctus McCosker, 1972 -- False Saddled Snake Eel
   Glenoglossa wassi McCosker, 1982
   Gordiichthys combibus McCosker and Lavenberg, 2001
   Gordiichthys ergodes McCosker, Böhlke and Böhlke, 1989
   Gordiichthys irretitus Jordan and Davis, 1891 -- Horsehair Eel
   Gordiichthys leibyi McCosker and Böhlke, 1984
   Gordiichthys randalli McCosker and Böhlke, 1984
   Hemerorhinus heyningi (Weber, 1913)
   Hemerorhinus opici Blache and Bauchot, 1972
   Herpetoichthys fossatus (Myers and Wade, 1941) -- Mustachioed Snake-eel
   Hyphalophis devius McCosker and Böhlke, 1982
   Ichthyapus acuticeps (Barnard, 1923) -- Sharpnose Sand-eel
   Ichthyapus omanensis (Norman, 1939) -- Oman Snake Eel
   Ichthyapus ophioneus (Evermann and Marsh, 1900) -- Surf Eel
   Ichthyapus selachops (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Smiling Snake-eel
   Ichthyapus vulturis (Weber and de Beaufort, 1916) -- Vulture Sand Eel
   Kertomichthys blastorhinos (Kanazawa, 1963)
   Lamnostoma kampeni (Weber and de Beaufort, 1916) -- Freshwater Snake-eel
   Lamnostoma mindora (Jordan and Richardson, 1908)
   Lamnostoma orientalis (McClelland, 1844) -- Oriental Worm-eel
   Lamnostoma polyophthalma (Bleeker, 1853) -- Ocellated Sand-eel
   Lamnostoma taylori (Herre, 1923)
   Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay and Bennett, 1839) -- Saddled Snake Eel
   Leptenchelys vermiformis Myers and Wade, 1941 -- Slender Worm-eel
   Letharchus aliculatus McCosker, 1974
   Letharchus rosenblatti McCosker, 1974 -- Sailfin Snake-eel
   Letharchus velifer Goode and Bean, 1882 -- American Sailfin Eel
   Lethogoleos andersoni McCosker and Böhlke, 1982
   Leuropharus lasiops Rosenblatt and McCosker, 1970 -- Acned Snake-eel
   Malvoliophis pinguis (Gunther, 1872)
   Mixomyrophis pusillipinna McCosker, 1985
   Muraenichthys elerae Fowler, 1934
   Muraenichthys gymnopterus (Bleeker, 1853)
   Muraenichthys iredalei Whitley, 1927
   Muraenichthys macrostomus Bleeker, 1865
   Muraenichthys philippinensis Schultz and Woods, 1949
   Muraenichthys schultzei Bleeker, 1857 -- Maimed Snake Eel
   Muraenichthys sibogae Weber and de Beaufort, 1916 -- Siboga Worm Eel
   Muraenichthys thompsoni Jordan and Richardson, 1908
   Myrichthys aspetocheiros McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1993 -- Longfin Spotted Snake-eel
   Myrichthys bleekeri Gosline, 1951
   Myrichthys breviceps (Richardson, 1848) -- Sharptail Eel
   Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781) -- Harlequin Snake Eel
   Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816) -- Tiger Snake Eel
   Myrichthys magnificus (Abbott, 1860) -- Magnificent Snake Eel
   Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825) -- Goldspotted Eel
   Myrichthys pantostigmius Jordan and McGregor, 1899
   Myrichthys pardalis (Valenciennes, 1839) -- Leopard Eel
   Myrichthys tigrinus Girard, 1859 -- Spotted Snake-eel
   Myrichthys xysturus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882)
   Myrophis anterodorsalis McCosker, Böhlke and Böhlke, 1989 -- Longfin Worm Eel
   Myrophis cheni Chen and Weng, 1967
   Myrophis lepturus Kotthaus, 1968
   Myrophis microchir (Bleeker, 1865)
   Myrophis platyrhynchus Breder, 1927 -- Broadnose Worm Eel
   Myrophis plumbeus (Cope, 1871) -- Leaden Worm Eel
   Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852 -- Speckled Worm Eel
   Myrophis vafer Jordan and Gilbert, 1883 -- Pacific Worm Eel
   Mystriophis crosnieri Blache, 1971
   Mystriophis rostellatus (Richardson, 1848) -- African Spoon-nose Eel
   Neenchelys buitendijki Weber and de Beaufort, 1916 -- Fintail Serpent Eel
   Neenchelys daedalus McCosker, 1982
   Neenchelys microtretus Bamber, 1915
   Neenchelys retropinna Smith and Böhlke, 1983
   Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856) -- Highfin Snake Eel
   Ophichthus apachus McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1998
   Ophichthus aphotistos McCosker and Chen, 2000 -- Dark Deepwater Snake-eel
   Ophichthus apicalis -- Bluntnose Snake-eel
   Ophichthus arneutes McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1998
   Ophichthus asakusae Jordan and Snyder, 1901
   Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856) -- Napoleon Snake Eel
   Ophichthus brachynotopterus Karrer, 1982
   Ophichthus brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856)
   Ophichthus brevicaudatus Chu, Wu and Jin, 1981
   Ophichthus celebicus (Bleeker, 1856)
   Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker, 1864 -- Dark-shouldered Snake Eel
   Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode and Bean, 1896) -- Margined Snake Eel
   Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1840) -- Dusky Snake Eel
   Ophichthus echeloides (D'Ancona, 1928)
   Ophichthus episcopus Castelnau, 1878
   Ophichthus erabo (Jordan and Snyder, 1901) -- Fowlers Snake Eel
   Ophichthus evermanni Jordan and Richardson, 1909
   Ophichthus exourus McCosker, 1999
   Ophichthus frontalis Garman, 1899 -- Death-banded Snake-eel
   Ophichthus garretti Gunther, 1910
   Ophichthus genie McCosker, 1999
   Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855) -- Shrimp Eel
   Ophichthus grandoculis (Cantor, 1849)
   Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker and Böhlke, 1984
   Ophichthus karreri Blache, 1975
   Ophichthus kunaloa McCosker, 1979
   Ophichthus leonensis Blache, 1975
   Ophichthus limkouensis Chen, 1829
   Ophichthus longipenis McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1998
   Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker, 1853)
   Ophichthus macrops Gunther, 1910
   Ophichthus maculatus (Rafinesque, 1810)
   Ophichthus madagascariensis
   Ophichthus manilensis Herre, 1923
   Ophichthus marginatus (Peters, 1855) -- Shorthead Snake-eel
   Ophichthus mecopterus McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1998
   Ophichthus megalops Asano, 1987
   Ophichthus melanoporus Kanazawa, 1963 -- Blackpored Eel
   Ophichthus melope McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1998
   Ophichthus menezesi McCosker and Böhlke, 1984
   Ophichthus mystacinus McCosker, 1999
   Ophichthus omorgmus McCosker and Böhlke, 1984
   Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Spotted Snake Eel
   Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1865 -- Many-eyed Snake-eel
   Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1860) -- Palespotted Eel
   Ophichthus regius (Richardson, 1848) -- Ornate Snake Eel
   Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1842) -- Punctuated Snake-eel
   Ophichthus rex Böhlke and Caruso, 1980 -- King Snake Eel
   Ophichthus roseus Tanaka, 1917
   Ophichthus rotundus Lee and Asano, 1997
   Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810) -- Rufus Snake Eel
   Ophichthus rugifer Jordan and Bollman, 1890
   Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1853)
   Ophichthus rutidodermatoides (Bleeker, 1853)
   Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917
   Ophichthus singapurensis Bleeker, 1864
   Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922) -- Antillean Snake Eel
   Ophichthus stenopterus Cope, 1871
   Ophichthus tchangi Tang and Zhang, 2002
   Ophichthus tetratrema McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1998
   Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup, 1856) -- Pacific Snake-eel
   Ophichthus tsuchidae Jordan and Snyder, 1901
   Ophichthus unicolor Regan, 1908 -- Plain Snake-eel
   Ophichthus urolophus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)
   Ophichthus woosuitingi Chen, 1929
   Ophichthus zophochir Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 -- Yellow Snake-eel
   Ophisurus macrorhynchos Bleeker, 1853
   Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Serpent Eel
   Paraletharchus opercularis (Myers and Wade, 1941)
   Paraletharchus pacificus (Osburn and Nichols, 1916) -- Sailfin Eel
   Phaenomonas cooperae Palmer, 1970 -- Short-maned Sand-eel
   Phaenomonas longissima (Cadenat and Marchal, 1963) -- Short-maned Sand Eel
   Phaenomonas pinnata Myers and Wade, 1941 -- Elastic Eel
   Phyllophichthus macrurus McKay, 1970
   Phyllophichthus xenodontus Gosline, 1951 -- Flappy Snake-eel
   Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton, 1822) -- Rice-paddy Eel
   Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848) -- Longfin Snake-eel
   Pisodonophis copelandi Herre, 1953
   Pisodonophis daspilotus Gilbert, 1898 -- Marble-toothed Snake-eel
   Pisodonophis hijala (Hamilton, 1822)
   Pisodonophis hoeveni (Bleeker, 1853) -- Hoevens Snake Eel
   Pisodonophis hypselopterus (Bleeker, 1851)
   Pisodonophis semicinctus (Richardson, 1848)
   Pisodonophis zophistius Jordan and Snyder, 1901
   Pseudomyrophis atlanticus Blache, 1975
   Pseudomyrophis frio (Jordan and Davis, 1891)
   Pseudomyrophis fugesae McCosker, Böhlke and Böhlke, 1989
   Pseudomyrophis micropinna Wade, 1946 -- Smallfin Worm-eel
   Pseudomyrophis nimius Böhlke, 1960
   Quassiremus ascensionis (Studer, 1889) -- Blackspotted Snake Eel
   Quassiremus evionthas (Jordan and Bollman, 1890) -- Galapagos Snake Eel
   Quassiremus nothochir (Gilbert, 1890) -- Smallfish Snake-eel
   Quassiremus polyclitellum Castle, 1996
   Rhinophichthus penicillatus McCosker, 1999
   Schismorhynchus labialis (Seale, 1917) -- Grooved-jaw Worm Eel
   Schultzidia johnstonensis (Schultz and Woods, 1949) -- Johnston Snake Eel
   Schultzidia retropinnis (Fowler, 1934) -- Fringe-lipped Worm Eel
   Scolecenchelys acutirostris (Weber and de Beaufort, 1916)
   Scolecenchelys australis (Macleay, 1881) -- Shortfinned Worm Eel
   Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida and Shiogaki, 1990)
   Scolecenchelys breviceps (Gunther, 1876) -- Short-headed Worm Eel
   Scolecenchelys chilensis (McCosker, 1970)
   Scolecenchelys cookei (Fowler, 1928)
   Scolecenchelys erythraeensis
   Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Regan, 1909)
   Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker, 1857) -- Slender Worm Eel
   Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida and Ohta, 1993)
   Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897) -- Redfin Worm-eel
   Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857) -- Slender Snake Eel
   Scolecenchelys nicholsae (Waite, 1904)
   Scolecenchelys okamurai (Machida and Ohta, 1996)
   Scolecenchelys profundorum (McCosker and Parin, 1995)
   Scolecenchelys puhioilo (McCosker, 1979)
   Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis (McCulloch, 1911)
   Scolecenchelys vermiformis (Peters, 1966)
   Scolecenchelys xorae (Smith, 1958) -- Orangehead Worm-eel
   Scytalichthys miurus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Short-tailed Viper-eel
   Skythrenchelys lentiginosa Castle and McCosker, 1999
   Skythrenchelys zabra Castle and McCosker, 1999
   Sphagebranchus cinctus Tanaka, 1908
   Sphagebranchus kuro Kuroda, 1947
   Stictorhinus potamius Böhlke and McCosker, 1975
   Xestochilus nebulosus (Smith, 1962)
   Xyrias guineensis (Blache, 1975)
   Xyrias multiserialis (Norman, 1939) -- Speckled Snake Eel
   Xyrias revulsus Jordan and Snyder, 1901
   Yirrkala chaselingi Whitley, 1940
   Yirrkala fusca (Zuiew, 1793)
   Yirrkala gjellerupi (Weber and de Beaufort, 1916)
   Yirrkala insolitus McCosker, 1999
   Yirrkala kaupii (Bleeker, 1858)
   Yirrkala lumbricoides (Bleeker, 1853) -- Earthworm Snake-eel
   Yirrkala macrodon (Bleeker, 1863)
   Yirrkala maculata (Klausewitz, 1964)
   Yirrkala maculatus (Chu, Wu and Jin, 1981)
   Yirrkala misolensis (Gunther, 1873)
   Yirrkala moluccensis (Bleeker, 1864)
   Yirrkala tenuis (Gunther, 1870) -- Thin Sand-eel

Updated: 2015-05-06 21:40:39

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