WoRMS taxon details
Callechelys muraena Jordan & Evermann, 1887
158604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158604)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jordan, D. S. ; Evermann, B. W. (1887). Description of six new species of fishes from the Gulf of Mexico, with notes on other species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 9 (no. 586): 466-476. [details]
Distribution Western Bank to Florida
Distribution Western Bank to Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Callechelys muraena Jordan & Evermann, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158604 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Jordan, D. S. ; Evermann, B. W. (1887). Description of six new species of fishes from the Gulf of Mexico, with notes on other species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 9 (no. 586): 466-476. [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]
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]
Ecology
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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Bank to Florida [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found at depths of 27- 115 m. [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callechelys muraena)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callechelys muraena P02484 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callechelys muraena)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callechelys muraena P02484 illustration)
To ITIS
