OPHIDIIDAE
[rev. 20 Oct 2004]
Brotulataenia nielseni Cohen 1974
Brotulataenia nielseni Cohen 1974, Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 55(2):144, fig.
17. Type locality:
Eastern Pacific Ocean, 31°N, 127°W, 600 meters wire out. Paratypes: SIO 69-330 (1, 226 mm SL), SIO 69-496 (1, 289 mm SL). Remarks: Original genus should have been spelled Brotulotaenia
(Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1161;
Nielsen & Cohen 86:346; Paxton et al. 1989:311).
Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi Cohen & Rohr 1993
Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi Cohen & Rohr 1993, Copeia 1993(2):470, figs.
1-2. Type locality:
Off Antofagasta, Chile, 23°39.5'S, 72°43'W, 0-1000 m. Holotype: SIO
72-163 (1035 mm SL).
Ophidion antipholus Lea & Robins 2003
Ophidion antipholus Lea & Robins 2003, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist., Sci. Papers, (3)
: 2, figs. 1A, 2A. Type
locality: Florida, U.S.A., Atlantic coast, 30°03'N, 81°12'W, 13 m. Paratypes: SIO 02-100 [ex UF 205514, in part] (2, 158-162 mm SL).
Ophidion dromio Lea & Robins 2003
Ophidion antipholus Lea & Robins 2003, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist., Sci. Papers, (3)
: 5, figs. 1D, 2D. Type
locality: South Carolina, U.S.A., 32°04'N, 79°14'W, 77-82 m. Paratypes: SIO 02-100 [ex UF 216301] (2, 182-183 mm SL).
Ophidion imitator Lea 1997
Ophidion imitator Lea 1997, Bull. Mar. Sci. v. 60 (no. 3) : 960, Figs. 1-2. Type locality:
Southwest of Corinto, Nicaragua, 12°09'N, 87°32'W, 112 m. Holotype: SIO 73-279 [not 73-297]. Paratypes:
SIO 59-150 (1), SIO 62-77 (32), SIO 63-510 (1), SIO 63-513 to SIO 63-514 (9,
2), SIO 63-518 (6), SIO 63-526 (6), SIO 63-983 (1), SIO 65-165 to SIO 65-167
(7, 6, 1), SIO 70-160 to SIO 70-161 (4, 1), SIO 73-248 (2), SIO 73-272 (2), SIO
73-275 (4), SIO 73-279 (9, with holotype), SIO 79-11 (13), SIO 91-98 (1).
Ophidion metoecus Robins 1991
Ophidion metoecus Robins 1991, LACM Contr. Sci. (4271):5, fig. 2. Type locality: Juan
Fernandez Islands, Eastern Pacific Ocean, 33°38'20"S, 78°48'50"W,
20-35 ft. Paratypes: SIO 65-624 (2, 66-74 mm SL), SIO 65-625 (1, 75 mm
SL), SIO 65-629 (1, 73 mm SL), SIO 65-634 (6, 72-81 mm SL), SIO 65-636 (1, 86
mm SL), SIO 65-637 (23, 67-80 mm SL), SIO 65-645 (18, 64-80 mm SL), SIO 65-657
(1, 74 mm SL), SIO 65-659 (6, 68-81 mm SL).
Otophidium scrippsi Hubbs 1916
Otophidium scrippsi Hubbs 1916, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. 16(13):166, pl. 20. Type locality: Near
Cedros Island, off coast of Baja California, Mexico, 28°02'01"N,
115°06'00"E, 73 m. Holotype: SIO 64-283 (168 mm SL). Remarks:
Named after a women so name must be emended to scrippsae. Valid
as Ophidion scrippsae.
Porogadus silus Carter & Sulak 1984
Porogadus silus
Carter & Sulak 1984, Bull. Mar. Sci. 34(3):361, figs. 1, 6a, 7, 10-17. Type locality: Western
North Atlantic Ocean, 24°16'N, 76°16'W, 1962 m. Paratypes: SIO 82-80
(1, 127 mm SL).