OPHICHTHIDAE
[rev. 21 Oct 2004]
Aprognathodon platyventris Bohlke 1967
Aprognathodon platyventris Bohlke 1967, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.
118(4):100, fig. 3. Type
locality: About 0.25 mile north of Green Cay, Nassau vicinity, Great
Bahama Bank, Bahama Islands, 0-35 ft.
Paratypes: SIO 68-393 [ex ANSP
106296, part] (6, 205-313 mm TL).
Callechelys eristigmus McCosker & Rosenblatt 1972
Callechelys eristigmus McCosker & Rosenblatt 1972, Trans. San Diego
Soc. Nat. Hist. 17(2):16, figs. 1, 2a, 5.
Type locality: Isla San Jose, Gulf of California, Baja
California Sur, Mexico, 24°52'15"N, 110°37'00"W, 20-25 m. Holotype: SIO 65-263 (503.5 mm TL).
Paratypes: ANSP 119170
[ex SIO 65-299] (2, 328-357 mm TL); CAS 15050 [SIO 65-270] (1, 564 mm TL); SIO
61-239 (1, 425 mm TL), SIO 61-252 (2, 317-557 mm TL), SIO 61-259 (2, 399-493 mm
TL), SIO 61-277 (1, 1126 mm TL), SIO 61-279 (1, 418 mm TL), SIO 65-185 (3,
363-552 mm TL), SIO 65-260 (1, 372 mm TL), SIO 65-263 (1, 323 mm TL), SIO
65-337 (2, 411-469 mm TL), SIO 65-342 (2, 408-420 mm TL), SIO 65-354 (1 + 1
c&s, 431-498 mm TL), SIO 70-136 (2, 359-465 mm TL), SIO 70-140 (2,342-450
mm TL); USNM 201124 [ex SIO 61-256] (1, 494 mm TL).
Callechelys galapagensis McCosker & Rosenblatt 1972
Callechelys galapagensis McCosker & Rosenblatt 1972, Trans. San Diego
Soc. Nat. Hist. 17(2):18, figs. 2b, 3, 5.
Type locality: Small cove off north shore of Santa Cruz Island,
Galapagos Islands, 10 m. Holotype: SIO 72-1 [ex UCLA 64-39] (818 mm TL).
Ethadophis byrnei Rosenblatt & McCosker 1970
Ethadophis byrnei Rosenblatt & McCosker 1970, Pac. Sci. 24(4):499, figs. 4, 6b. Type locality:
Puertocitos, Gulf of California, Baja California Norte, Mexico. Holotype (unique): SIO 67-31 (508 mm TL).
Ethadophis merenda Rosenblatt & McCosker 1970
Ethadophis merenda Rosenblatt & McCosker 1970, Pac. Sci. 24(4):500, figs. 5, 6a. Type locality: Thurloe
Bay, Baja California, Mexico (stomach content), 27°38'N, 114°50'W. Holotype (unique): SIO 65-47 (530 mm TL).
Letharchus rosenblatti McCosker 1974
Letharchus rosenblatti McCosker 1974, Copeia 1974(3):625, figs. 1,
4-5. Type locality:
Reef near Saboga village, Isla Saboga, Perlas Islands, Panama, 0-3 m. Holotype: SIO 67-40 (240 mm TL). Paratypes: SIO 67-40 (5, largest c&s, 105-248 mm TL), SIO
71-213 (14, 101-239 mm TL).
Muraenichthys chilensis McCosker 1970
Muraenichthys chilensis McCosker 1970, Pac. Sci. 24(4):509, figs. 1-5,
6b. Type locality:
South of Punta Suroeste, northwest side of Isla Juan Fernandez, eastern Pacific
Ocean, 33°37'15"S, 78°55'05"W.
Holotype: SIO 65-645 (284 mm
TL). Paratypes: AMS [ex SIO 65-655, part] (5); ANSP 144097 [ex SIO
65-655, part] (10); BMNH [ex SIO 65-629] (1, 206 mm TL), BMNH [ex SIO 65-637]
(11 133-168 mm TL); CAS 48088 [ex SIO 65-634, part] (10); to Chile [ex SIO
65-645, part] (10); SIO 65-624 (29, 147-202 mm TL), SIO 65-628 (6, 144-192 mm
TL), SIO 65-634 (58, now 48, 103-259 mm TL), SIO 65-636 (9, 123-186 mm TL), SIO
65-645 (42, now 31, + 1 c&s, 93-258.9 mm TL), SIO 65-655 (231, 93-299.5 mm
TL), SIO 65-657 (28, 87.5-285 mm TL), SIO 65-659 (18, 127-200 mm TL); UCLA [ex
SIO 65-638] (11, 154-211mm TL); USNM 205477 [ex SIO 65-626] (5, 167-237 mm TL).
Muraenichthys puhioilo McCosker 1979
Muraenichthys puhioilo McCosker 1979, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4)42(2):59,
figs. 1-2. Type locality:
North of Barber's Point, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, 275 m. Holotype: CAS 29115 [ex SIO 70-32] (355 mm TL).
Myrichthys aspetocheiros McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993
Myrichthys aspetocheiros McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993, Proc. Calif. Acad.
Sci. 48(8):155, figs. 1-2. Type
locality: Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico, 16°03.6'N, 95°19'W, 24
fms. Holotype: SIO 65-166 (405 mm TL). Paratypes:
SIO 64-357 (1, 483.9 mm TL), SIO 64-371 (1, 386 mm TL, c&s), SIO 65-166 (1,
311.6 mm TL), SIO 73-229 (1, 210 mm TL), SIO 73-296 (1, 304.5 mm TL), SIO
73-298 (1, 304 mm TL).
Ophichthus apachus McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998
Ophichthus apachus McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50(19):399,
figs. 1, 3a, 15. Type locality:
Islas Tres Marias, NE side of Isla Maria Magdalena, 21°26.5'N, 106°22.0'W, 0-8
m. Holotype: SIO 62-25 (231 mm TL).
Ophichthus kunaloa McCosker 1979
Ophichthus kunaloa McCosker 1979, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4)42(2):61, figs. 3-4. Type locality: Southeast
of Barber's Point, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, 350 m. Holotype: CAS
29136 [ex SIO 70-33] (440 mm TL).
Ophichthus longipenis McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998
Ophichthus longipenis McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50(19):405,
figs. 3b, 5, 15. Type locality:
Panama (Pacific), La Vieja, 09°00'N, 79°29'W. Holotype: SIO 63-295
(423 mm TL). Paratypes: SIO 65-160 (1,389 mm TL), SIO 73-276 (3, 337-356
mm TL), SIO 63-295 (5, 127-165 mm TL).
Ophichthus mecopterus McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998
Ophichthus mecopterus McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50(19):407,
figs. 6, 8a, 15. Type locality:
Mexico, Nayarit, W of Laguna de Agua Brava, 22°13.0'N, 106°10.0'W, 74-79
m. Holotype: SIO 62-76 (274 mm TL). Paratype: SIO
73-276 (1, 182.5 mm TL).
Ophichthus tetratrema McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998
Ophichthus tetratrema McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50(19):417,
figs. 8c, 11, 15. Type
locality: Costa Rica, 12 km S of Isla Blanca, 09°24.5'N, 85°06.0'W,
900 m. Holotype: SIO 73-294 (421 mm TL).