Brachysomophis Kaup [J. J.] 1856:45 Masc. Brachysomophis horridus Kaup 1856. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Kaup 1857:9 [ref. 2573]. See also Dendrophis. •Valid as Brachysomophis Kaup 1856 -- (McCosker 1977:74 [ref. 6836], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:31 [ref. 6441], McCosker & Castle 1986:178 [ref. 5690], Paxton et al. 1989:116 [ref. 12442], McCosker et al. 1989:298 [ref. 13288], Smith & McCosker 1999:1665 [ref. 24715], McCosker & Randall 2001:3 [ref. 25635], McCosker et al. 2006:266 [ref. 29006], Fricke et al. 2009:19 [ref. 30213], Zhang et al. 2010:361 [ref. 31511], Kottelat 2013:44 [ref. 32989], McCosker & Ho 2014:96 [ref. 33573], Fricke et al. 2018:42 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:27 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:53 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Brachysomophis Kaup 1856. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.