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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Ophichthidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Ophichthidae
Recognized by Egypt Species List, Angola Species List, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Barbados Species List, Australia Species List, Benin Species List, Bermuda Species List, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Brazil Species List, Cameroon Species List, Canada Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Cocos Islands Species List, Colombia Species List, Comoros Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Curacao Species List, Dominica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Fiji Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Gabon Species List, Ghana Species List, Gibraltar Species List, Guadeloupe Species List, Guam Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Honduras Species List, Hong Kong Species List, India Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kenya Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritania Species List, Mauritius Species List, Namibia Species List, Nepal Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Nigeria Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palau Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Saint Barthelemy Species List, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saint Lucia Species List, Sao Tome and Principe Species List, Senegal Species List, Seychelles Species List, Singapore Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, South Korea Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Taiwan Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Tibet Species List, Timor Leste Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Togo Species List, Tonga Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Gulf of Tomini Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Java Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, Red Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, FAO Fishery Statistics, Furui 2020, OBIS environmental data records, Ceram Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, and United States Species List

Alternative Names

Asanoa Sychevskaya & Prokofyev 2004
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bertinulus Whitley 1948
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cecilia Rafinesque 1815
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Chauligenion Mc Cosker & Okamoto 2016
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cirrihimuraena
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lamnostoma Chiu, Shao, Huang & Chen 2018
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leptocephalus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nardoechelys Taverne 2002
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ophichthyidae
Obsolete variant according to Paleobiology Database
Ophichtus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ophictus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

snake eels preferred

Arabic

أنقليس ثعباني preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

Սրապոչ օձաձուկ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

蛇鳗科 preferred
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Croatian

Zmijke preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Slangalen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

teravsabaangerlased preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Käärmeankeriaat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

German

Schlangenaale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

אפעוניים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

siklóangolna-félék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ウミヘビ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Korean

바다뱀과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Aštriauodegiai unguriai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

کرم‌ماهیان preferred
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Polish

Żmijakowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Острохвостые угри preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Ormålar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Họ Cá chình rắn preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

انقليس ثعبانى preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

蛇鰻科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

蛇鳗科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

蛇鰻科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

蛇鰻科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

蛇鰻科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Ophichthidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Ophichthidae (this page)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Ophichthidae (this page)

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Teleostei
Anguilliformes
Ophichthidae (this page)