# Ophisurus

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Ophisurus serpens.jpg
| image_caption = [Ophisurus serpens](/source/Ophisurus_serpens)
| taxon = Ophisurus
| authority =  [Lacépède](/source/Bernard_Germain_de_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de), 1800
| type_species = ''Muraena serpens''
|type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
See text.
}}

'''''Ophisurus''''' is a genus of [eel](/source/eel)s in the snake eel family '''Ophichthidae'''. It currently contains the following species:

* ''[Ophisurus macrorhynchos](/source/Ophisurus_macrorhynchos)'' <small>[Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1853</small>
* ''[Ophisurus serpens](/source/Ophisurus_serpens)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), 1758)</small> (Serpent eel)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{FishBase genus | genus = Ophisurus| month = June | year = 2011}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q4559975}}

Category:Ophichthinae
Category:Ophisurus
Category:Actinopterygii genera

{{Ophichthidae-stub}}

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