WoRMS taxon details
Eptatretus burgeri (Girard, 1855)
279272 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279272)
accepted
Species
Bdellostoma burgeri Girard, 1855 · unaccepted
Heptatrema cirrhatum (Forster, 1801) · unaccepted > misapplication
Heptatretus burgeri (Girard, 1855) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Homea burgeri (Girard, 1855) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bdellostoma burgeri Girard, 1855) Girard, C. F. (1855). Contributions to the fauna of Chile. Report to Lieut. James M. Gilliss, U. S. N., upon the fishes collected by the U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the southern hemisphere during the years 1849-50-51-52. <em>Washington, D.C.</em> 1858, 2 vols., 42 pls. [Fishes in v. 2: 230-253, Pls. 29-34. First as a separate, Reptiles, fishes and decapods., pp. 1-58, Pls 30-40 that was possibly published earlier than 1855; Fishes p. 26-49, pls. 30-34. Monograph was published in 1858.]., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4912 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Eptatretus burgeri (Girard, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279272 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bdellostoma burgeri Girard, 1855) Girard, C. F. (1855). Contributions to the fauna of Chile. Report to Lieut. James M. Gilliss, U. S. N., upon the fishes collected by the U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the southern hemisphere during the years 1849-50-51-52. <em>Washington, D.C.</em> 1858, 2 vols., 42 pls. [Fishes in v. 2: 230-253, Pls. 29-34. First as a separate, Reptiles, fishes and decapods., pp. 1-58, Pls 30-40 that was possibly published earlier than 1855; Fishes p. 26-49, pls. 30-34. Monograph was published in 1858.]., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4912 [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]
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 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 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 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 | ヌタウナギ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Heptatretus burgeri (Girard, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Homea burgeri (Girard, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Bdellostoma burgeri Girard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Heptatrema cirrhatum (Forster, 1801))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Bdellostoma burgeri Girard, 1855)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Homea burgeri (Girard, 1855))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Heptatretus burgeri (Girard, 1855))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Bdellostoma burgeri Girard, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eptatretus burgeri)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Heptatretus burgeri (Girard, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Homea burgeri (Girard, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Heptatrema cirrhatum (Forster, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Bdellostoma burgeri Girard, 1855)
To GenBank (157330 nucleotides; 737 proteins) (from synonym Bdellostoma burgeri Girard, 1855)
To GenBank (157330 nucleotides; 737 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Heptatretus burgeri (Girard, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Homea burgeri (Girard, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Bdellostoma burgeri Girard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Heptatrema cirrhatum (Forster, 1801))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Bdellostoma burgeri Girard, 1855)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Homea burgeri (Girard, 1855))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Heptatretus burgeri (Girard, 1855))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Bdellostoma burgeri Girard, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eptatretus burgeri)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Heptatretus burgeri (Girard, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Homea burgeri (Girard, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Heptatrema cirrhatum (Forster, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Bdellostoma burgeri Girard, 1855)
To GenBank (157330 nucleotides; 737 proteins) (from synonym Bdellostoma burgeri Girard, 1855)
To GenBank (157330 nucleotides; 737 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
