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
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Scolecenchelys chilensis (McCosker, 1970) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecenchelys cookei (Fowler, 1928) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecenchelys fuscogularis Hibino, Kai & Kimura, 2013 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Regan, 1909) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker, 1857) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecenchelys iredalei (Whitley, 1927) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecenchelys nicholsarum (Waite, 1904) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecenchelys puhioilo (McCosker, 1979) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecenchelys robusta Hibino & Kimura, 2015 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecenchelys vermiformis (Peters, 1866) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecenchelys xorae (Smith, 1958) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shorttail viper eelScytalichthys miurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Skythrenchelys macrostoma (Bleeker, 1864) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Skythrenchelys zabra Castle & McCosker, 1999 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stictorhinus potamius Böhlke & McCosker, 1975 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sympenchelys taiwanensis Hibino, Ho & Kimura, 2015 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xestochilus nebulosus (Smith, 1962) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xyrias chioui McCosker, Chen & Chen, 2009 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xyrias guineensis (Blache, 1975) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xyrias multiserialis (Norman, 1939) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xyrias revulsus Jordan & Snyder, 1901 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yirrkala calyptra McCosker, 2011 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yirrkala chaselingi Whitley, 1940 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yirrkala fusca (Zuiew, 1793) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yirrkala gjellerupi (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yirrkala insolitus McCosker, 1999 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yirrkala kaupii (Bleeker, 1858) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yirrkala lumbricoides (Bleeker, 1864) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yirrkala misolensis (Günther, 1872) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yirrkala moorei McCosker, 2006 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yirrkala philippinensis (Herre, 1936) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.