WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax phasmatodes (Smith, 1962)
217504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217504)
accepted
Species
Lycodontis phasmatodes Smith, 1962 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lycodontis phasmatodes Smith, 1962) Smith, J. L. B. (1962). The moray eels of the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 23: 421-444, Pls. 53-62. [details]
Description Found in sand or rubble bottoms.
Description Found in sand or rubble bottoms. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnothorax phasmatodes (Smith, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217504 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lycodontis phasmatodes Smith, 1962) Smith, J. L. B. (1962). The moray eels of the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 23: 421-444, Pls. 53-62. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in sand or rubble bottoms. [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lycodontis phasmatodes Smith, 1962)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax phasmatodes)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis phasmatodes Smith, 1962)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Lycodontis phasmatodes Smith, 1962)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax phasmatodes FIN031297 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax phasmatodes FIN031298 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lycodontis phasmatodes Smith, 1962)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax phasmatodes)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis phasmatodes Smith, 1962)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Lycodontis phasmatodes Smith, 1962)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax phasmatodes FIN031297 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax phasmatodes FIN031298 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
