WoRMS taxon details
Encheliophis gracilis (Bleeker, 1856)
217828 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217828)
accepted
Species
Carapus gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) · unaccepted
Carapus houlti (Ogilby, 1922) · unaccepted
Enchelyophis gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Fierasfer houlti Ogilby, 1922 · unaccepted
Fierasfer umbratilis Jordan & Evermann, 1903 · unaccepted
Jordanicus gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) · unaccepted
Oxybeles gracilis Bleeker, 1856 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Oxybeles gracilis Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Banda-eilanden. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 11 (no. 1): 93-110. [details]
Description Lives in starfish (@Culcita discoidea@) and sea cucumbers (@Holothuria scabra@ and @H. argus@). In the latter reported by...
Description Lives in starfish (@Culcita discoidea@) and sea cucumbers (@Holothuria scabra@ and @H. argus@). In the latter reported by Trott (1970) to form male / female pairs and to parasite host. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Encheliophis gracilis (Bleeker, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217828 on 2025-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Fierasfer houlti Ogilby, 1922) Ogilby, J. D. (1922). Three new Queensland fishes. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> v. 7: 301-304, Pl. 19. [details]
original description (of Fierasfer umbratilis Jordan & Evermann, 1903) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann B. W. (1903). Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 22 (1902): 161-208. [details]
original description (of Oxybeles gracilis Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Banda-eilanden. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 11 (no. 1): 93-110. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
original description (of Fierasfer umbratilis Jordan & Evermann, 1903) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann B. W. (1903). Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 22 (1902): 161-208. [details]
original description (of Oxybeles gracilis Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Banda-eilanden. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 11 (no. 1): 93-110. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [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 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
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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
Unreviewed
Description Lives in starfish (@Culcita discoidea@) and sea cucumbers (@Holothuria scabra@ and @H. argus@). In the latter reported by Trott (1970) to form male / female pairs and to parasite host. [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Jordanicus gracilis (Bleeker, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carapus gracilis (Bleeker, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Oxybeles gracilis Bleeker, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carapus houlti (Ogilby, 1922))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Fierasfer houlti Ogilby, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Fierasfer umbratilis Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Encheliophis gracilis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Jordanicus gracilis (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Fierasfer umbratilis Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Fierasfer houlti Ogilby, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Carapus houlti (Ogilby, 1922))
To FishBase (from synonym Carapus gracilis (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Oxybeles gracilis Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Enchelyophis gracilis (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase images (Encheliophis gracilis, by Parmentier, E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Oxybeles gracilis Bleeker, 1856)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Encheliophis gracilis FIN027582 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fierasfer umbratilis P11169 illustration) (from synonym Fierasfer umbratilis Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Jordanicus gracilis (Bleeker, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carapus gracilis (Bleeker, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Oxybeles gracilis Bleeker, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carapus houlti (Ogilby, 1922))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Fierasfer houlti Ogilby, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Fierasfer umbratilis Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Encheliophis gracilis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Jordanicus gracilis (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Fierasfer umbratilis Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Fierasfer houlti Ogilby, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Carapus houlti (Ogilby, 1922))
To FishBase (from synonym Carapus gracilis (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Oxybeles gracilis Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Enchelyophis gracilis (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase images (Encheliophis gracilis, by Parmentier, E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Oxybeles gracilis Bleeker, 1856)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Encheliophis gracilis FIN027582 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fierasfer umbratilis P11169 illustration) (from synonym Fierasfer umbratilis Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To ITIS
