WoRMS taxon details
Dalophis cephalopeltis (Bleeker, 1863)
271932 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271932)
accepted
Species
Caecula cephalopeltis (Bleeker, 1863) · unaccepted
Ophichthys buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894 · unaccepted
Ophichthys buttikoferi Steindachner, 1894 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sphagebranchus cephalopeltis Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sphagebranchus cephalopeltis Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28.
page(s): 128 [details]
page(s): 128 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Dalophis cephalopeltis (Bleeker, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271932 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophichthys buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894) Steindachner, F. (1894). Die Fische Liberia's. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> v. 16 (nos 1-2, art. 1): 1-96, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Sphagebranchus cephalopeltis Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28.
page(s): 128 [details]
original description (of Sphagebranchus cephalopeltis Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28.
page(s): 128 [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)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophichthys buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophichthys buttikoferi Steindachner, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sphagebranchus cephalopeltis Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys buttikoferi Steindachner, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Caecula cephalopeltis (Bleeker, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Sphagebranchus cephalopeltis Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophichthys buttikoferi Steindachner, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sphagebranchus cephalopeltis Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys buttikoferi Steindachner, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Caecula cephalopeltis (Bleeker, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Sphagebranchus cephalopeltis Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
