Ophisurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Ophichthinae
Genus: Ophisurus
Species (2): O. macrorhynchos – O. serpens

Name

• Ophisurus Lacépède, 1800: 195
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Muraena serpens Linnaeus, 1758
    • Fixation: subsequent designation; "type evidently designated first by Risso 1827" CoF

References

Primary references

• Lacépède, B.G.E. 1800: Histoire naturelle des poissons. 2 : i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20. BHL

Additional references

• Risso, A. 1827: Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale, et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes. 3 : i-xvi + 1-480, Pls. 1-16. F.G. Levrault, Paris & Strasbourg. BHL

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Ophisurus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Ophisurus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• ITIS