Canadian Register of Marine Species - Ophichthus gomesi (Castelnau, 1855)

CaRMS name details

Ophichthus gomesi (Castelnau, 1855)

AphiaID

158645 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158645)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (misspelling)

Accepted name

Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ophichthus Ahl, 1789

Original name

Ophisurus gomesii Castelnau, 1855

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120
page(s): 84, Pl. 44 (fig. 2) [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Scotian Shelf to Brazil

Distribution Scotian Shelf to Brazil [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Ophichthus gomesi (Castelnau, 1855). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158645 on 2026-08-11

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Ophichthus gomesi (Castelnau, 1855). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158645 on 2026-08-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-06-15 15:21:11Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2009-06-16 07:05:49Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of ) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120
page(s): 84, Pl. 44 (fig. 2) [details]

basis of record Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Distribution Scotian Shelf to Brazil [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat Found in bays and brackish waters over soft bottoms, rarely to depths of 180 m. [details]

Importance Social - Minor Commercial, subsistence fisheries [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
English	shrimp eel	[details]

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