WoRMS taxon details
Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
271976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271976)
accepted
Species
Ophichthus ater (Peters, 1866) · unaccepted
Ophichthus callaensis Günther, 1873 · unaccepted
Ophichthus dicellurus (Richardson, 1845) · unaccepted
Ophichthus pacifici Günther, 1870 · unaccepted
Ophichthus ramiger (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophichthys ater Peters, 1866 · unaccepted
Ophichthys callaensis Günther, 1873 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophichthys exilis Seale, 1917 · unaccepted
Ophichthys pacifici Günther, 1870 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophichthys uniserialis Cope, 1877 · unaccepted
Ophisurus dicellurus Richardson, 1845 · unaccepted
Ophisurus ramiger Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophisurus remiger Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophisurus remiger Valenciennes, 1837) Valenciennes, A. (1834-1839). Poissons [plates]. <em>In: A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. Pls. 1-16. [Text published in 1847 [ref. 5010]. Dates of publication of the plates are given in Sherborn & Griffin 1934 [ref. 28051]; Sherborn & Woodward 1901 [ref. 13447] do not provide a date for the fish plates.].</em> [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271976 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophisurus remiger Valenciennes, 1837) Valenciennes, A. (1834-1839). Poissons [plates]. <em>In: A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. Pls. 1-16. [Text published in 1847 [ref. 5010]. Dates of publication of the plates are given in Sherborn & Griffin 1934 [ref. 28051]; Sherborn & Woodward 1901 [ref. 13447] do not provide a date for the fish plates.].</em> [details]
original description (of Ophichthys uniserialis Cope, 1877) Cope, E. D. (1877). Synopsis of the cold blooded vertebrata, procured by Prof. James Orton during his exploration of Peru in 1876-77. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> v. 17: 33-49.
page(s): 47 [31] [details]
original description (of Ophichthys pacifici Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [details]
original description (of Ophichthys uniserialis Cope, 1877) Cope, E. D. (1877). Synopsis of the cold blooded vertebrata, procured by Prof. James Orton during his exploration of Peru in 1876-77. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> v. 17: 33-49.
page(s): 47 [31] [details]
original description (of Ophichthys pacifici Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [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]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophisurus ramiger Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus remiger Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys exilis Seale, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophichthus dicellurus (Richardson, 1845))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophichthus ater (Peters, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys ater Peters, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys pacifici Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys callaensis Günther, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys uniserialis Cope, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophichthus callaensis Günther, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ophichthus pacifici Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus dicellurus Richardson, 1845)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus remiger)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus ater (Peters, 1866))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus dicellurus Richardson, 1845)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus pacifici Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus dicellurus (Richardson, 1845))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus callaensis Günther, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus remiger Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys exilis Seale, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys uniserialis Cope, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus ramiger Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus ramiger (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys pacifici Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys ater Peters, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys callaensis Günther, 1873)
To FishBase images (Ophichthus remiger, Chile, by Carvalho Filho, A.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus remiger Valenciennes, 1837)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus pacifici P08803 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophisurus ramiger Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus remiger Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys exilis Seale, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophichthus dicellurus (Richardson, 1845))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophichthus ater (Peters, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys ater Peters, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys pacifici Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys callaensis Günther, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys uniserialis Cope, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophichthus callaensis Günther, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ophichthus pacifici Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus dicellurus Richardson, 1845)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus remiger)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus ater (Peters, 1866))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus dicellurus Richardson, 1845)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus pacifici Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus dicellurus (Richardson, 1845))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus callaensis Günther, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus remiger Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys exilis Seale, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys uniserialis Cope, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus ramiger Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus ramiger (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys pacifici Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys ater Peters, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys callaensis Günther, 1873)
To FishBase images (Ophichthus remiger, Chile, by Carvalho Filho, A.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus remiger Valenciennes, 1837)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus pacifici P08803 illustration)
To ITIS
