WoRMS taxon details
Brachysomophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833)
217560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217560)
accepted
Species
Achirophichthys typus Bleeker, 1864 · unaccepted
Brachysomophis crocodilus (Bennett, 1833) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Brachysomophis horridus Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
Brachysomophis sauropsis Schultz, 1943 · unaccepted
Brachysonophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophichthys crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833) · unaccepted
Ophisurus crocodilinus Bennett, 1833 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophisurus crocodilinus Bennett, 1833) Bennett, E. T. (1833). Characters of new species from the Mauritius. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833 (pt 1): 32. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Brachysomophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217560 on 2026-05-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophisurus crocodilinus Bennett, 1833) Bennett, E. T. (1833). Characters of new species from the Mauritius. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833 (pt 1): 32. [details]
original description (of Brachysomophis sauropsis Schultz, 1943) Schultz, L. P. (1943). Fishes of the Phoenix and Samoan islands collected in 1939 during the expedition of the U. S. S. "Bushnell.". <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 180: i-x + 1-316, Pls. 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.180.i [details]
original description (of Achirophichthys typus Bleeker, 1864) Bleeker, P. (1864-65). Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandaises. Tome IV. Murènes, Synbranches, Leptocéphales. v. 4: 1-132, Pls. 145-193.
page(s): 39, Pl. 191 (fig. 3) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Brachysomophis sauropsis Schultz, 1943) Schultz, L. P. (1943). Fishes of the Phoenix and Samoan islands collected in 1939 during the expedition of the U. S. S. "Bushnell.". <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 180: i-x + 1-316, Pls. 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.180.i [details]
original description (of Achirophichthys typus Bleeker, 1864) Bleeker, P. (1864-65). Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandaises. Tome IV. Murènes, Synbranches, Leptocéphales. v. 4: 1-132, Pls. 145-193.
page(s): 39, Pl. 191 (fig. 3) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | タツウミヘビ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus crocodilinus Bennett, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Brachysomophis horridus Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Brachysomophis sauropsis Schultz, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachysomophis crocodilinus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus crocodilinus Bennett, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Brachysomophis horridus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Brachysomophis sauropsis Schultz, 1943)
To FishBase (from synonym Achirophichthys typus Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Brachysonophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus crocodilinus Bennett, 1833)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brachysomophis sauropsis P02067 illustration) (from synonym Brachysomophis sauropsis Schultz, 1943)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brachysomophis sauropsis USNM 115946 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Brachysomophis sauropsis Schultz, 1943)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus crocodilinus Bennett, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Brachysomophis horridus Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Brachysomophis sauropsis Schultz, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachysomophis crocodilinus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus crocodilinus Bennett, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Brachysomophis horridus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Brachysomophis sauropsis Schultz, 1943)
To FishBase (from synonym Achirophichthys typus Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Brachysonophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus crocodilinus Bennett, 1833)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brachysomophis sauropsis P02067 illustration) (from synonym Brachysomophis sauropsis Schultz, 1943)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brachysomophis sauropsis USNM 115946 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Brachysomophis sauropsis Schultz, 1943)
To ITIS
