WoRMS taxon details
Brachysomophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
279128 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279128)
accepted
Species
Mystriophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) · unaccepted
Ophichthys adspersus Günther, 1870 · unaccepted
Ophisurus porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophisurus porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1846). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.).</em> Parts 10-14: 173-269. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Brachysomophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279128 on 2025-08-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophisurus porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1846). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.).</em> Parts 10-14: 173-269. [details]
original description (of Ophichthys adspersus 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 adspersus 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
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 | ムラサキウミヘビ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys adspersus Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mystriophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mystriophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachysomophis porphyreus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Mystriophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys adspersus Günther, 1870)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mystriophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mystriophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachysomophis porphyreus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Mystriophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys adspersus Günther, 1870)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
