Ophichthys is a genus of swamp eels native to South Asia. They live in freshwater or subterranean habitats, and some have a fossorial lifestyle.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Synbranchiformes |
| Family: | Synbranchidae |
| Subfamily: | Synbranchinae |
| Genus: | Ophichthys Swainson, 1839 |
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Taxonomy
editAll species in this genus were formerly classified in Monopterus, but a 2020 study found them to represent a distinct monophyletic clade from Monopterus. Due to this, the genus name Ophichthys, previously coined by William John Swainson, was revived to be used for them.[1][2] Ophichthys was formerly a wastebasket taxon used to lump in many unrelated species of eel-like fish (all of which are classified in separate genera today) and later synonymized with Monopterus until its resurrection.[3]
Species
edit- Ophichthys cuchia (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Gangetic swamp eel or Gangetic mud-eel)[4]
- Ophichthys desilvai (R. M. Bailey & Gans, 1998) (lesser swamp eel or Desilvai's blind eel)[1]
- Ophichthys fossorius (K. K. Nayar, 1951) (Malabar swampeel)
- Ophichthys hodgarti (B. L. Chaudhuri, 1913) (Indian spaghetti-eel)[5]
- Ophichthys ichthyophoides (Britz, Lalremsanga, Lalrotluanga & Lalramliana, 2011) (scaled swamp eel)[6]
- Ophichthys indicus (Silas & E. Dawson, 1961) (Bombay swamp eel)
- Ophichthys terricolus
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ophichthys desilvai, a poorly known synbranchid eel from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Synbranchidae)". Pfeil Verlag (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "Taxonomy browser (Ophichthys)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ophichthys Swainson, 1839". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ Verma, Chandani R.; Gorule, Pankaj A.; Kumkar, Pradeep; Kharat, Sanjay S.; Gosavi, Sachin M. (October 2020). "Morpho-histochemical adaptations of the digestive tract in Gangetic mud-eel Ophichthys cuchia (Hamilton 1822) support utilization of mud-dwelling prey". Acta Histochemica. 122 (7): 151602. doi:10.1016/j.acthis.2020.151602. ISSN 1618-0372. PMID 33066830.
- ^ "Order SYNBRANCHIFORMES: Families SYNBRANCHIDAE, CHAUDHURIIDAE, MASTACEMBELIDAE and INDOSTOMIDAE". The ETYFish Project. 2019-06-06. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ Britz, R., Lalremsanga, H.T., Lalrotluanga & Lalramliana (2011): Monopterus ichthyophoides, a new species of scaled swamp eel (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) from Mizoram, India. Zootaxa, 2936: 51–58.