Deep-Sea taxon details
Xenomystax bidentatus (Reid, 1940)
283190 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283190)
accepted
Species
Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940) Reid, E. D. (1940). A new genus and species of eel from the Puerto Rican deep. Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. <em>Miscellaneous Collections.</em> v. 91 (no. 31): 1-5. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Xenomystax bidentatus (Reid, 1940). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283190 on 2026-01-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Xenomystax bidentatus (Reid, 1940). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283190 on 2026-01-16
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(of Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940) Reid, E. D. (1940). A new genus and species of eel from the Puerto Rican deep. Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. <em>Miscellaneous Collections.</em> v. 91 (no. 31): 1-5. [details]
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 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 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]
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]
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 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 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]
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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraxenomystax bidentatus P08457 illustration) (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraxenomystax bidentatus P15964 illustration) (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To ITIS
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraxenomystax bidentatus P08457 illustration) (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraxenomystax bidentatus P15964 illustration) (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To ITIS
