| Valid name | Ophisurus |
| Synonym | Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800 |
| Synonym | Type: Muraena serpens Risso, 1826, as restricted. |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Hist. nat. Poiss., 2: 195 |
| Synonym | Anepistomon Gistel, 1848, Naturg. Thier.: IX (type: Leptorhynchus capensis Smith, 1840, by orig. design., substitu |
| Synonym | Leptognathus Swainson, 1838, Nat. Hist. Fish., 1: 221 (type: L. oxyrhynchus Swainson, 1838, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Leptorhynchus Smith, 1840, Ill. Zool. S. Afr. (pl. 6 in vol. 4, 1849) (type: L. capensis Smith, 1840, by monotypy, |