WoRMS name details
From editor or global species database
Spelling Ophioconis in Clark & Rowe (1971), which is the correct original spelling.
Syntypes (6 specimens) in ?Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands). Type locality: Moluccas and Sulu Archipelago, Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]From other sources
Description Also distributed in SE Arabia, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, continental slope. General distribution: tropical, west-central Pacific (and western Indian Ocean), depth range 10-600 m (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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