WoRMS taxon details
Maynea puncta (Jenyns, 1842)
281537 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281537)
accepted
Species
Conger punctus Jenyns, 1842 · unaccepted
Maynea patagonica Cunningham, 1871 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Conger punctus Jenyns, 1842) Jenyns, L. (1840-1842). Fish. <em>In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836.</em> London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i-xvi + 1-172, Pls. 1-29., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2344 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Maynea puncta (Jenyns, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281537 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Conger punctus Jenyns, 1842) Jenyns, L. (1840-1842). Fish. <em>In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836.</em> London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i-xvi + 1-172, Pls. 1-29., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2344 [details]
original description (of Maynea patagonica Cunningham, 1871) Cunningham, R. O. (1871). Notes on the reptiles, Amphibia, fishes, Mollusca, and Crustacea obtained during the voyage of H.M.S. Nassau in the years 1866-1869. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 27: 465-502, pls. 58-59., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=rgxQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA484
page(s): 472 [details]
original description (of Maynea patagonica Cunningham, 1871) Cunningham, R. O. (1871). Notes on the reptiles, Amphibia, fishes, Mollusca, and Crustacea obtained during the voyage of H.M.S. Nassau in the years 1866-1869. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 27: 465-502, pls. 58-59., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=rgxQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA484
page(s): 472 [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). (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 (23 publications) (from synonym Maynea patagonica Cunningham, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Conger punctus Jenyns, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Conger punctus Jenyns, 1842)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Maynea patagonica Cunningham, 1871)
To NHMUK collection (Conger punctus Jenyns, 1842; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2502637) (from synonym Conger punctus Jenyns, 1842)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Conger punctus Jenyns, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Conger punctus Jenyns, 1842)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Maynea patagonica Cunningham, 1871)
To NHMUK collection (Conger punctus Jenyns, 1842; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2502637) (from synonym Conger punctus Jenyns, 1842)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
