WoRMS taxon details
Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857)
282718 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282718)
accepted
Species
Echidna uniformis Seale, 1901 · unaccepted
Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857 · unaccepted
Muraenichthys owstoni Jordan & Snyder, 1901 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 1-102. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282718 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 1-102. [details]
original description (of Echidna uniformis Seale, 1901) Seale, A. (1901). Report of a mission to Guam. Part II. Fishes. <em>Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 1: 61-128., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7122392 [details]
original description (of Echidna uniformis Seale, 1901) Seale, A. (1901). Report of a mission to Guam. Part II. Fishes. <em>Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 1: 61-128., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7122392 [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 (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [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 (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クリミミズアナゴ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys owstoni Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Echidna uniformis Seale, 1901)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scolecenchelys macroptera)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys owstoni Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Echidna uniformis Seale, 1901)
To FishBase images (Scolecenchelys macroptera, China, by Krumme, U.)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scolecenchelys gymnota USNM 435184 photograph lateral view)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys owstoni Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Echidna uniformis Seale, 1901)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scolecenchelys macroptera)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys owstoni Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Echidna uniformis Seale, 1901)
To FishBase images (Scolecenchelys macroptera, China, by Krumme, U.)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scolecenchelys gymnota USNM 435184 photograph lateral view)
