WoRMS taxon details
Monopenchelys acuta (Parr, 1930)
277933 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277933)
accepted
Species
Monopenchelys acutus (Parr, 1930) · unaccepted
Rabula acuta (Parr, 1930) · unaccepted
Uropterygius acutus Parr, 1930 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Uropterygius acutus Parr, 1930) Parr, A. E. (1930). Teleostean shore and shallow-water fishes from the Bahamas and Turks Island. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1927.). <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> v. 3 (art. 4): 1-148. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Monopenchelys acuta (Parr, 1930). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277933 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Uropterygius acutus Parr, 1930) Parr, A. E. (1930). Teleostean shore and shallow-water fishes from the Bahamas and Turks Island. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1927.). <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> v. 3 (art. 4): 1-148. [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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | redface morayredface eel [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | morena rubicunda | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uropterygius acutus Parr, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rabula acuta (Parr, 1930))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monopenchelys acuta)
To FishBase (from synonym Rabula acuta (Parr, 1930))
To FishBase (from synonym Uropterygius acutus Parr, 1930)
To FishBase
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Uropterygius acutus Parr, 1930)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monopenchelys acuta FIN031355 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monopenchelys acuta FIN031355B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uropterygius acutus Parr, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rabula acuta (Parr, 1930))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monopenchelys acuta)
To FishBase (from synonym Rabula acuta (Parr, 1930))
To FishBase (from synonym Uropterygius acutus Parr, 1930)
To FishBase
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Uropterygius acutus Parr, 1930)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monopenchelys acuta FIN031355 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monopenchelys acuta FIN031355B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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