WoRMS taxon details
Scolecenchelys australis (MacLeay, 1881)
282707 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282707)
accepted
Species
Muraenichthys australis MacLeay, 1881 · unaccepted
Muraenichthys lengomena Scott, 1980 · unaccepted
Muraenichthys lingowenah Scott, 1975 · unaccepted
Muraenichthys oliveri Waite, 1910 · unaccepted
Muraenichthys tasmaniensis McCulloch, 1911 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis (McCulloch, 1911) · unaccepted
Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis smithi Whitley, 1944 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraenichthys australis MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia.Part IV. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 202-387., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.11870 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scolecenchelys australis (MacLeay, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282707 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraenichthys australis MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia.Part IV. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 202-387., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.11870 [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys lengomena Scott, 1980) Scott, E. O. G. (1980). Observations on some Tasmanian fishes: part XXVI. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 114: 85-144, Pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys lingowenah Scott, 1975) Scott, E. O. G. (1975). Observations on some Tasmanian fishes: part XXI. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 109: 127-173. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys oliveri Waite, 1910) Waite, E. R. (1910). A list of the known fishes of Kermadec and Norfolk Islands, and a comparison with those of Lord Howe Islands. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 42: 370-383, Pls. 35-36. [details]
original description (of Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis smithi Whitley, 1944) Whitley, G. P. (1944). New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 10 (3): 252-273. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys lengomena Scott, 1980) Scott, E. O. G. (1980). Observations on some Tasmanian fishes: part XXVI. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 114: 85-144, Pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys lingowenah Scott, 1975) Scott, E. O. G. (1975). Observations on some Tasmanian fishes: part XXI. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 109: 127-173. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys oliveri Waite, 1910) Waite, E. R. (1910). A list of the known fishes of Kermadec and Norfolk Islands, and a comparison with those of Lord Howe Islands. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 42: 370-383, Pls. 35-36. [details]
original description (of Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis smithi Whitley, 1944) Whitley, G. P. (1944). New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 10 (3): 252-273. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis smithi Whitley, 1944)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys australis MacLeay, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis (McCulloch, 1911))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys oliveri Waite, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys tasmaniensis McCulloch, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis smithi Whitley, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis (McCulloch, 1911))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys tasmaniensis McCulloch, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys australis MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys lengomena Scott, 1980)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys lingowenah Scott, 1975)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys oliveri Waite, 1910)
To FishBase images (Scolecenchelys australis, Australia, by Good, P.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis smithi Whitley, 1944)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys australis MacLeay, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis (McCulloch, 1911))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys oliveri Waite, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys tasmaniensis McCulloch, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis smithi Whitley, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis (McCulloch, 1911))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys tasmaniensis McCulloch, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys australis MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys lengomena Scott, 1980)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys lingowenah Scott, 1975)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys oliveri Waite, 1910)
To FishBase images (Scolecenchelys australis, Australia, by Good, P.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
