Ophichthidae
Creators: name: Golani, Daniel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Ophichthidae

description: OPHICHTHIDAE   Brachysomophis cirrocheilos (Bleeker 1857)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Nemtzov et al. 1987; McCosker & Randall 2001), Jordan (Debelius 2007).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Philippines and New Guinea.   
 Callechelys catostoma (Schneider & Forster 1801)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Ophichthys melanotaenia).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Austral islands.   
 Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker 1853)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), (Jordan (Khalaf 2004).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klausewitz 1969a).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Society and Marquesas islands.   
 Cirrhimuraena playfairii (Günther 1870)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Ophichthys arenicola; Fricke et al. 2015d), Eritrea (Borsieri 1904, as Ophichthys arenicola).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands.   
 * Mixomyrophis longidorsalis Hibino, Kimura & Golani 2015   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Hibino et al. 2015).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.   
 Muraenichthys schultzei Bleeker 1857   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Goren & Spanier 1985), Sudan (Bamber 1915, as Muraenichthys schultzii), Eritrea (Gallotti 1973, as Muraenichthys schultzii).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Johnston Atoll and Tuamotu Archipelago.   
 Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Ophichthys colubrinus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Johnston Atoll and Tuamotu Archipelago (but not Hawaiian Islands).   
 Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier 1816)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Ophichthys maculosus), Saudi Arabia (Rüppell 1830, as Muraena tigrina; Tortonese 1983), Yemen (Picaglia 1894, as Gymnomuraena tigrina).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to Panama (except for Hawaiian Islands).   
 Myrophis microchir (Bleeker 1864)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Dor 1970, as Myrophis uropterus; Golani 1999).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Dor 1970, as Myrophis uropterus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Dor 1970, as Myrophis uropterus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall and Marquesas Islands.   
 *Neenchelys microtretus Bamber 1915   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Bamber 1915).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Gulf of Suez endemic.   
 Ophichthus echeloides (D'Ancona 1928)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (McCosker et al. 1993), Jordan (Khalaf 2004).   
 Red Sea main basin: Yemen (D'Ancona 1928, as Leptocephalus echeloides).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.   
 Ophichthus erabo (Jordan & Snyder 1901)   
 Red Sea: (Dor 1970, as Ophichthus retifer).   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Debelius 2007, as Ophichthus retifer).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: South Africa; China and Taiwan to southern Japan.   
 Phaenomonas cooperae Palmer 1970   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (McCosker 1975).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Aldabra east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands.   
 Phyllophichthus xenodontus Gosline 1951   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Smith et al. 2015).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian, Marquesas and Society islands.   
 Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Dor & Palmer 1977), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to French Polynesia.   
 Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker 1857)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf 2004, as Muraenichthys gymnotus).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1871, as Muraenichthys gymnotus).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Line Islands and Pitcairn Group. Scolecenchelys iredalei (Whitley 1987)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Hibino & Kimura 2015).   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Bauchot & Maugé 1980, as Muraenichthys erythraeensis), Israel (Bauchot & Maugé 1980, as Muraenichthys erythraeensis).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Fiji and Tonga.   
 Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby 1897)   
 Gulf of Suez: Egypt (Bauchot & Maugé 1980)   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Bauchot & Maugé 1980), Israel (Bauchot & Maugé 1980).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Hibino & Kimura 2015).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Mariana Islands and Pitcairn Group.   
 Skythrenchelys macrostomus (Bleeker 1864)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: ¯   
 Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Castle & McCosker 1999, as Skythrenchelys lentiginosa).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Pacific: eastern Indonesia and Philippines to Samoa.   
 Remark. Skythrenchelys lentiginosa Castle & McCosker 1999 is a junior synonym of S. macrostomus (Bleeker 1864) (see Hibino et al. 2013).   
 * Suculentophichthys nasus Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani 2015   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Fricke et al. 2015d).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Gulf of Aqaba endemic.   
 Xestochilus nebulosus (Smith 1962)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Israel (Fricke et al. 2015d).   
 Red Sea main basin: ¯   
 General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar; Andaman Islands; Indonesia east to Palau, Marshall and Marquesas islands.   
 Yirrkala tenuis (Günther 1870)   
 Gulf of Suez: ¯   
 Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Fricke et al. 2015d), Israel (Dor & Palmer 1977, as Pantonora tenuis).   
 Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Fricke et al. 2015d).   
 General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East and South Africa, western Mascarenes.
description: Published as part of Golani, Daniel & Fricke, Ronald, 2018, Checklist of the Red Sea Fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants, pp. 1-215 in Zootaxa 4509 (1) on pages 27-29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2607566