THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Ophichthidae · Clear filter
283 records · page 1 of 6
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| key worm eelAhlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| tusky eelAplatophis chauliodus Böhlke, 1956 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus australis McCosker & Randall, 2005 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus dunalailai McCosker & Hibino, 2015 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus flavicaudus (Snyder, 1904) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi McCosker & Hibino, 2015 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| finless eelApterichtus kendalli (Gilbert, 1891) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus klazingai (Weber, 1913) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus moseri (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus mysi McCosker & Hibino, 2015 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus nanjilnaduensis Kodeeswaran, Ravinesh, Hibino & Saravanane, 2024 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus nariculus McCosker & Hibino, 2015 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus orientalis Machida & Ohta, 1994 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus succinus Hibino, McCosker & Kimura, 2016 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asarcenchelys longimanus McCosker, 1985 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sooty eelBascanichthys bascanium (Jordan, 1884) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sooty sand eelBascanichthys bascanoides Osburn & Nichols, 1916 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys ceciliae Blache & Cadenat, 1971 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys deraniyagalai Menon, 1961 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys fijiensis (Seale, 1935) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys filaria (Günther, 1872) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys gaira Moreno, Acero P. & Grijalba-Bendeck, 2016 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker, Böhlke & Böhlke, 1989 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys kirkii (Günther, 1870) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys myersi (Herre, 1932) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panamic sand eelBascanichthys panamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys paulensis Storey, 1939 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys pusillus Seale, 1917 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| whip eelBascanichthys scuticaris (Goode & Bean, 1880) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys sibogae (Weber, 1913) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthenchelys indicus Castle, 1972 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthenchelys pacificus Castle, 1972 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachysomophis atlanticus Blache & Saldanha, 1972 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachysomophis cirrocheilos (Bleeker, 1857) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachysomophis longipinnis McCosker & Randall, 2001 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachysomophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachysomophis umbonis McCosker & Randall, 2001 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| twostripe snake eelCallechelys bilinearis Kanazawa, 1952 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callechelys bitaeniata (Peters, 1877) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callechelys catostoma (Schneider, 1801) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sandy ridgefin eelCallechelys cliffi Böhlke & Briggs, 1954 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotted ridgefin eelCallechelys eristigma McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1972 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callechelys kuro (Kuroda, 1947) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callechelys maculatus Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| marbled snake eelCallechelys marmorata (Bleeker, 1854) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blotched snake eelCallechelys muraena Jordan & Evermann, 1887 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ridgefin eelCallechelys springeri (Ginsburg, 1951) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| slantlip eelCaralophia loxochila Böhlke, 1955 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
283 records · page 1 of 6
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.