WoRMS taxon details
Echiophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859)
158610 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158610)
accepted
Species
Conger mordax Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Crotalopsis punctifer Kaup, 1859 · unaccepted
Echiophis creutzbergi (Cadenat, 1956) · unaccepted
Echiophis mordax (Poey, 1860) · unaccepted
Mystriophis creutzbergi Cadenat, 1956 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mystriophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859) · unaccepted
Ophichthys schneideri Steindachner, 1879 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Crotalopsis punctifer Kaup, 1859) 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]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina into the zgulf of Mexico
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina into the zgulf of Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Echiophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158610 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophichthys schneideri Steindachner, 1879) Steindachner, F. (1879). Ichthyologische Beiträge (VIII). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 80 (nos 1-2): 119-191, Pls. 1-3. [Some species date to the abstract p. 194-195 . Also as a separate (1879), pp. 1-73, Pls. 1-3.]. [details]
original description (of Mystriophis creutzbergi Cadenat, 1956) Cadenat, J. (1956). Note d'ichtyologie ouest-africaine. XIII.--Une espèce nouvelle d'apode Ophichthyidae des côtes de Sierra Leone: Mystriophis creutzbergi. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles.</em> v. 18 (no. 3): 857-862. [details]
original description (of Crotalopsis punctifer Kaup, 1859) 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 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]
original description (of Mystriophis creutzbergi Cadenat, 1956) Cadenat, J. (1956). Note d'ichtyologie ouest-africaine. XIII.--Une espèce nouvelle d'apode Ophichthyidae des côtes de Sierra Leone: Mystriophis creutzbergi. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles.</em> v. 18 (no. 3): 857-862. [details]
original description (of Crotalopsis punctifer Kaup, 1859) 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 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]
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)
Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 3), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [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 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 into the zgulf of Mexico [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Echiophis mordax (Poey, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mystriophis creutzbergi Cadenat, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mystriophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Conger mordax Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Crotalopsis punctifer Kaup, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys schneideri Steindachner, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echiophis punctifer)
To FishBase (from synonym Echiophis creutzbergi (Cadenat, 1956))
To FishBase (from synonym Conger mordax Poey, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mystriophis creutzbergi Cadenat, 1956)
To FishBase (from synonym Mystriophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859))
To FishBase (from synonym Echiophis mordax (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys schneideri Steindachner, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Crotalopsis punctifer Kaup, 1859)
To FishBase images (Echiophis punctifer, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Crotalopsis punctifer Kaup, 1859)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Echiophis mordax (Poey, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mystriophis creutzbergi Cadenat, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mystriophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Conger mordax Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Crotalopsis punctifer Kaup, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys schneideri Steindachner, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echiophis punctifer)
To FishBase (from synonym Echiophis creutzbergi (Cadenat, 1956))
To FishBase (from synonym Conger mordax Poey, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mystriophis creutzbergi Cadenat, 1956)
To FishBase (from synonym Mystriophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859))
To FishBase (from synonym Echiophis mordax (Poey, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys schneideri Steindachner, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Crotalopsis punctifer Kaup, 1859)
To FishBase images (Echiophis punctifer, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Crotalopsis punctifer Kaup, 1859)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
