| Valid name | Ophichthus |
| Synonym | Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 |
| Synonym | Ophis Turton, 1807, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Spec. ichthy. de Muraena et Ophichtho, 1789: 5 |
| Synonym | Type: Muraena ophis Bleeker, 1865, Neder. Tijdschr. Dierk., 2: 119. |
| Synonym | Centrurophis Kaup, 1856, Cat. Apod. Fish: 2 (type: Ophisurus spadiceus Richardson, 1845, by subs. design. 'Canton, |
| Synonym | Poecilocephalus Kaup, 1856, Cat. Apod. Fish: 5 (type: P. bonaparti Kaup, 1856, by monotypy, 'Amboina'). |
| Synonym | Coecilophis Kaup, 1856, Cat. Apod. Fish: 6 (type: Ophisurus compar Richardson, 1846, by monotypy, 'Sumatra'). |
| Synonym | Microdonophis Kaup, 1856, Cat. Apod. Fish: 6 (type: M. altipinnis Kaup, 1856, by monotypy, 'Macassar'). |
| Synonym | Herpetoichthys Kaup, 1856, Cat. Apod. Fish: 7 (type: H. ornatissimus Kaup, 1856, by subs. design., 'Malabar'). |
| Synonym | Elapsopis Kaup, 1856, Cat. Apod. Fish: 9 (type: Ophisurus versicolor Richardson, 1846, by monotypy, 'Moluccas'), a |
| Synonym | Cogrus Rafinesque, 1810, Caratt. Gen. Spec. Sicil.: 62 (type: C. maculatus Rafinesque, 1810, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Muraenopsis Lesueur, apud Kaup, 1856, Cat. Apod. Fish: 11 (type: Muraenophis ocellata Lesueur, 1825, by subs. desi |
| Synonym | Scytalophis Kaup, 1856, Cat. Apod. Fish: 13 (type: S. magnioculis Kaup, 1856, by subs. design., 'Ste Croix and Bra |
| Synonym | Leptorhinophis Kaup, 1856, Cat. Apod. Fish: 14 (type: Ophisurus gomesi Castelnau, 1855, by subs. design., 'Rio de |
| Synonym | Uranichthys Poey, 1867, Repert. fis. nat. Cuba, 2: 256 (type: Muraena havanensis Schneider apud Bloch, 1801, by su |
| Synonym | Oxyodontichthys Poey, 1880, An. Soc. esp. Hist. nat., 9: 254 (type: Ophichthys macrurus Poey, 1867, by subs. desig |
| Synonym | Cryptopterenchelys Fowler, 1925, Am. Mus. Novit., 162: 1 (type: Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, 1860, by orig. desig |
| Synonym | Zonophichthus Whitley, 1930, Aust. Zool., 6: 250 (type: Ophichthys cephalozona Bleeker, 1864, by orig. design., 'A |
| Synonym | Acanthenchelys Norman, 1922, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 10: 296 (type: A. spinicauda Norman, 1922, by monotypy, 'Tobago |
| Synonym | Cryptopterus Kaup, 1860, Abh. naturw. Ver. Hamburg, 1859 (1860), 4 (2): 11 (type: C. puncticeps Kaup, 1860, by mon |