WoRMS taxon details
Gavialiceps taeniola Alcock, 1889
280823 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280823)
accepted
Species
Nettastoma taeniola (Alcock, 1889) · unaccepted
Saurenchelys taeniola (Alcock, 1889) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Alcock, A. (1889). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer Investigator, Commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., commanding.-- No. 13. On the bathybial fishes of the Bay of Bengal and neighbouring waters, obtained during the seasons 1885-1889. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 4(6): 450-461., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19301942 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gavialiceps taeniola Alcock, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280823 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Alcock, A. (1889). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer Investigator, Commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., commanding.-- No. 13. On the bathybial fishes of the Bay of Bengal and neighbouring waters, obtained during the seasons 1885-1889. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 4(6): 450-461., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19301942 [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 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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ワタクズハモ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Saurenchelys taeniola (Alcock, 1889))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nettastoma taeniola (Alcock, 1889))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gavialiceps taeniola)
To FishBase (from synonym Saurenchelys taeniola (Alcock, 1889))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Nettastoma taeniola (Alcock, 1889))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nettastoma taeniola (Alcock, 1889))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gavialiceps taeniola)
To FishBase (from synonym Saurenchelys taeniola (Alcock, 1889))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Nettastoma taeniola (Alcock, 1889))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
