Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Anguilliformes > Family Ophichthidae > Subfamily Ophichthinae > Genus Ophichthus

Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophichthus*	Ahl, 1789	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Echelus rufus*	Rafinesque, 1810	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Κόκκινο φιδόχειλο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: אפעון צהבהב sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: yilan kurdu baligi

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Ophichthus rufus, Spain, by García Rodríguez, M.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126316