WoRMS taxon details
Muraenichthys gymnopterus (Bleeker, 1853)
278254 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278254)
accepted
Species
Muraena gymnopterus Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted
Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901 · unaccepted
Muraenichthys microstomus Bleeker, 1864 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraena gymnopterus Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Muraenoïden en Symbranchoïden van den Indischen Archipel. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 25 (art. 5): 1-62+ 63-76. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Muraenichthys gymnopterus (Bleeker, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278254 on 2025-12-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraena gymnopterus Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Muraenoïden en Symbranchoïden van den Indischen Archipel. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 25 (art. 5): 1-62+ 63-76. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder J. O. (1901). A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 23 (no. 1239): 837-890. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys microstomus Bleeker, 1864) Bleeker, P. (1864). Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 2: 38-54.
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder J. O. (1901). A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 23 (no. 1239): 837-890. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys microstomus Bleeker, 1864) Bleeker, P. (1864). Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 2: 38-54.
page(s): 39 [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). (2025). 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 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 | ワカウナギ／トビミミズアナゴ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys microstomus Bleeker, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Muraena gymnopterus Bleeker, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muraenichthys gymnopterus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muraenichthys hattae) (from synonym Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys microstomus Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena gymnopterus Bleeker, 1853)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Muraena gymnopterus Bleeker, 1853)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Muraenichthys gymnopterus USNM 399533 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys microstomus Bleeker, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Muraena gymnopterus Bleeker, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muraenichthys gymnopterus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muraenichthys hattae) (from synonym Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys microstomus Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena gymnopterus Bleeker, 1853)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Muraena gymnopterus Bleeker, 1853)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Muraenichthys hattae Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Muraenichthys gymnopterus USNM 399533 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
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