CaRMS taxon details
original description
(of ) Kaup, J. J. (1859). Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschrieben und abgebildet . <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> v. 4 (no. 2): 1-29 + suppl. 1-4, Pls. 1-5. [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
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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]
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Browns Bank to Brazil [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found at depths to 150 m, more common in deeper waters. [details]
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English |
palespotted eel |
[details] |
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Herpetoichthys ocellatus P09525 illustration)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus ocellatus P08804 illustration)
Hosted externally
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