WoRMS taxon details
Raneya brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856)
282548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282548)
accepted
Species
Lepophidium fluminense Miranda Ribeiro, 1903 · unaccepted
Ophidium brasiliense Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
Raneya fluminensis (Miranda Ribeiro, 1903) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophidium brasiliense Kaup, 1856) Kaup, J. J. (1856). Einiges über die Unterfamilie Ophidinae. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 22 (pt. 1): 93-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.11243 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Raneya brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282548 on 2026-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophidium brasiliense Kaup, 1856) Kaup, J. J. (1856). Einiges über die Unterfamilie Ophidinae. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 22 (pt. 1): 93-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.11243 [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
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lepophidium fluminense Miranda Ribeiro, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Raneya fluminensis (Miranda Ribeiro, 1903))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophidium brasiliense Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raneya brasiliensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Raneya fluminensis (Miranda Ribeiro, 1903))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophidium brasiliense Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepophidium fluminense Miranda Ribeiro, 1903)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Ophidium brasiliense Kaup, 1856)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lepophidium fluminense Miranda Ribeiro, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Raneya fluminensis (Miranda Ribeiro, 1903))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophidium brasiliense Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raneya brasiliensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Raneya fluminensis (Miranda Ribeiro, 1903))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophidium brasiliense Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepophidium fluminense Miranda Ribeiro, 1903)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Ophidium brasiliense Kaup, 1856)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
