Gordiichthys

Gordiichthys
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Subfamily:	Ophichthinae
Genus:	Gordiichthys D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1891
Type species
Gordiichthys irretitus D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1891
Species
See text.

Gordiichthys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:

• Gordiichthys combibus McCosker & Lavenberg, 2001
• Gordiichthys ergodes McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989 (Irksome eel)
• Gordiichthys irretitus D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1891 (Horsehair eel)
• Gordiichthys leibyi McCosker & J. E. Böhlke, 1984 (String eel)
• Gordiichthys randalli McCosker & J. E. Böhlke, 1984

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gordiichthys". FishBase. June 2011 version.