| Citation | Hibino, Y. and J.E. McCosker, 2020, Resurrection of Ophichthus zophistius (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with a revised diagnosis of O. altipennis.. Zootaxa 4801(2):328-342. |
| Ref. | 132095 Hibino, Y. and J.E. McCosker, 2020 |
| Page | 332;fig.3cd,5b,6bc,7cd,8-10 |
| Named Used as Valid | Ophichthus zophistius |
| Comment | tab.2 |
| Locality | Jaoan, outside Bay of Tokyo, near Misaki, CAS 106475 [ex CAS-SU 6475]. |
| Distribution | Western Pacific: Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan. |
| Quote | Japan (Tokyo to Kuchinoerabu-jima Island, Osumi Islands, Kagoshima along Pacific coast and Niigata to Nagasaki along Sea of Japan and East China Sea; not found in Ryukyu Islands at present), southern Korea, northern Taiwan (Taiwan Strait of Fujin), China (holotype of M. fasciatus). One specimen was collected from pelagic area of the northwestern Pacific by Shitamitsu & Sunobe (2020). |