Ophisternon
Ophisternon is a genus of swamp eels found in fresh and brackish waters in South and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Middle America and West Africa. Two species are blind cave-dwellers.
Well-preserved fossil remains of an Ophisternon sp. are known from the early Pleistocene-aged Laguna Formation of the Philippines, representing the oldest known fossil record of this genus.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:- Ophisternon aenigmaticum D. E. Rosen & Greenwood, 1976
- Ophisternon afrum
- Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844
- Ophisternon candidum
- Ophisternon gutturale
- Ophisternon infernale
- ''Ophisternon berlini''