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Appendix 
Provisional list of ophichthid eels from the Philippine Islands 
Based on specimens in the fish collections of the Cahfornia Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the 
National Museum of Natural History (USNM), and my unpublished data. Those species whose 
identity or status is unclear* or uncertain are marked by “?” 
Apterichtus klazingai (Weber 1913) 
Basccmichthys myersi (Herre 1932) 
Benthenchelys cartieri Fowler 1934 
Brachysomophis crocodilinus (Bennett 1833) 
Brachysomophis umbonis McCosker & Randall 2001 
Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup 1856 
Cirrhimuraena playfairii (Gunther 1870) 
Ichthyapus vulturis (Weber & de Beaufort 1916) 
Lamnostoma kampeni (Weber & de Beaufort 1916) 
1 Lamnostoma mindora (Jordan & Richardson 1908) 
Lamnostoma orientalis (McClelland 1844) 
Lamnostoma taylori (HeiTe 1923) 
Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & Bennett 1839) 
Leiuranus vers/co/or (Richardson 1848) 
Muraenichthys gymnoptems (Bleeker 1853) 
1 Muraenichthys malahoensis Herre 1923 
Muraenichthys philippinensis Schultz & Woods 1949 
Muraenichthys schultzei Bleeker 1857 
Muraenichthys thompsoni Jordan & Richardson 
1908 
Myrichthys colubriniis (Boddaei*t 1781) 
Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier 1816) 
Myrichthys paleracio McCosker & Allen 2012 
Myrophis microchir (Bleeker 1864) 
Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup 1856) 
Ophichthus apicalis {Ajaonymoxxs, [Bennett] 1830) 
Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup 1856) 
Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker 1864 
Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan & Richardson 1908) 
Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker 1853) 
? Ophichthus manilensis Herre 1923 
Ophichthus mystacinus McCosker 1999 
Ophichthm polyophthalmus Bleeker 1865 
Ophichthus tomioi McCosker 2010 
Ophichthus urolophus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) 
Phyllophichthyus xenodontus Gosline 1951 
Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton 1822) 
Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848) 
? Pisodonophis copelandi Herre 1953 
Pylorobranchus hearstorum sp. nov. 
Schultzidia retropinnis (Fowler 1934) 
? Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Regan 1909) 
Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker 1857) 
Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby 1897) 
Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker 1857) 
Sky^hrenchelys macrostomus (Bleeker 1864) 
Skythrenchelys zabra Castle & McCosker 1999 
Xyrias revulsus Jordan & Snyder 1901 
YuTkala kaupi (Bleeker 1858) 
Yin-kala misolensis (Gunther 1872) 
? Yirrkala philippinensis (Herre 1936) 
