WoRMS taxon details
Myrophis plumbeus (Cope, 1871)
275495 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275495)
accepted
Species
Holopterura plumbea Cope, 1871 · unaccepted
Myrophis longicollis Peters, 1864 · unaccepted
Paramyrus plumbeus (Cope, 1871) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Holopterura plumbea Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483.
page(s): 482 [details]
page(s): 482 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Myrophis plumbeus (Cope, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275495 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Holopterura plumbea Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483.
page(s): 482 [details]
page(s): 482 [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)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Myrophis longicollis Peters, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Holopterura plumbea Cope, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Paramyrus plumbeus (Cope, 1871))
To FishBase (from synonym Holopterura plumbea Cope, 1871)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis longicollis Peters, 1864)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Holopterura plumbea Cope, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Paramyrus plumbeus (Cope, 1871))
To FishBase (from synonym Holopterura plumbea Cope, 1871)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis longicollis Peters, 1864)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
