Ophichthidae

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

FAMILY

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Actinopterygii

order

Anguilliformes

family

Ophichthidae

Name

Synonyms

Echelidae

Ophichthyidae

Homonyms

Ophichthidae

Leptocephalus gen. Ophichthidae

Common names

serpents de mer in French

snake eels in English

tiesos in Spanish

worm eels in English

snake eels in English

ウミヘビ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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3. Eschmeyer online (Jul 2012)
4. Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R.; van der Laan, R. (eds). (2018). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version.
5. FishBase
6. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
7. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
8. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
9. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
10. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
11. Smith, D. G., and J. E. McCosker / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Ophichthidae: Snake eels, worm eels. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1662-1669.
12. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
13. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374