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Ophichthus

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Ophichthidae

Taxonomy
Ophichthus was named by Ahl (1789).

It was assigned to Ophichthinae by Steurbaut (1984); and to Ophichthidae by Lin et al. (2017).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Ophichthus Ahl
1984Ophichthus Steurbaut p. 40
2017Ophichthus Lin et al. p. 884

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyOphichthidae
genusOphichthusAhl 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Ophichthus Ahl 1789
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Ophichthus mignolo Lin et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available