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WoRMS taxon detailsMyrichthys breviceps (Richardson, 1848)
158637 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158637)
accepted
Species
Leptocephalus undulatus Strömman, 1896 · unaccepted
Muraena acuminata Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Myrichthys acuminatus (Gronow, 1854) · unaccepted
Ophichthys pisavarius Poey, 1876 · unaccepted
Ophisurus breviceps Richardson, 1848 · unaccepted
Ophisurus longus Poey, 1867 · unaccepted
Pisodonophis guttulatus Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
marine,
(of Ophisurus breviceps Richardson, 1848) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to the Caribbean Sea
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to the Caribbean Sea [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Myrichthys breviceps (Richardson, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158637 on 2025-04-24
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Ophisurus breviceps Richardson, 1848) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [details] original description (of Leptocephalus undulatus Strömman, 1896) Strömman, P. H. (1896). Leptocephalids in the University Zoological Museum at Upsala. <em>Almqvist & Wiksell, Upsala.</em> 1-53, Pls. 1-5. [details] basis of record Böhlke, E. B.; J. E. Böhlke, M. M.; Leiby, J. E.; McCosker, E.; Bertelsen, C. H.; Robins, C. R.; Robins, D. G.; Smith, K. A.; Tighe, J. G.; Nielsen, W. H.; Hulet; Fuges, M. H. (1989). Volume One: orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Volume Two: Leptocephali. [details] Ecologyecology 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]  Othercontext source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to the Caribbean Sea [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus breviceps Richardson, 1848) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Myrichthys acuminatus (Gronow, 1854)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Leptocephalus undulatus Strömman, 1896) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Muraena acuminata Gronow, 1854) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pisodonophis guttulatus Kaup, 1856) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys pisavarius Poey, 1876) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus longus Poey, 1867) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myrichthys breviceps) To FishBase To FishBase (from synonym Muraena acuminata Gronow, 1854) To FishBase (from synonym Pisodonophis guttulatus Kaup, 1856) To FishBase (from synonym Myrichthys acuminatus (Gronow, 1854)) To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus breviceps Richardson, 1848) To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus undulatus Strömman, 1896) To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys pisavarius Poey, 1876) To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus longus Poey, 1867) To FishBase images (Myrichthys breviceps, Neth Antilles, by Patzner, R.) To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 12 proteins) To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus breviceps Richardson, 1848) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To ITIS |
