WoRMS taxon details
Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
158643 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158643)
accepted
Species
Leptocephalus mollis Fowler, 1944 · unaccepted
Leptoconger perlongus (Poey, 1875) · unaccepted
Myrophis dolichorhynchus Parr, 1930 · unaccepted
Myrophis iguapensis Miranda Ribeiro, 1908 · unaccepted
Myrophis longleii Silvester, 1915 · unaccepted
Myrophis lumbricus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 · unaccepted
Myrophis microstigmius Poey, 1867 · unaccepted
Myroplius punctatus Lütken, 1852 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Neoconger perlongus Poey, 1875 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lütken, C. F. (1852). Nogle bemaerkninger om naeseborenes stilling hos de i gruppe med Ophisurus staaende slaegter af aalefamilien. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1851.</em> (nos 1-2): 1-21, Pl. 1. [German translation appeared in Archiv für Naturgeschichte (Wiegmann) v. 18 (pt. 1):255-276. [details]
Distribution off Banquereau Bank to Brazil
Distribution off Banquereau Bank to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158643 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Lütken, C. F. (1852). Nogle bemaerkninger om naeseborenes stilling hos de i gruppe med Ophisurus staaende slaegter af aalefamilien. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1851.</em> (nos 1-2): 1-21, Pl. 1. [German translation appeared in Archiv für Naturgeschichte (Wiegmann) v. 18 (pt. 1):255-276. [details]
original description (of Myrophis dolichorhynchus 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]
original description (of Myrophis longleii Silvester, 1915) Silvester, C. F. (1915). Fishes new to the fauna of Porto Rico. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book.</em> No. 14: 214-217. [details]
original description (of Myrophis lumbricus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Notes on fishes observed about Pensacola, Florida, and Galveston, Texas, with description of new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 282): 241-307. [Pp. 241-272., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.5-282.241 [details]
original description (of Leptocephalus mollis Fowler, 1944) Fowler, H. W. (1944). Results of the fifth George Vanderbilt expedition (1941) (Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Galápagos Archipelago and Mexican Pacific islands). The Fishes. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6: 57-529, Pls. 1-20. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Myrophis dolichorhynchus 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]
original description (of Myrophis longleii Silvester, 1915) Silvester, C. F. (1915). Fishes new to the fauna of Porto Rico. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book.</em> No. 14: 214-217. [details]
original description (of Myrophis lumbricus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Notes on fishes observed about Pensacola, Florida, and Galveston, Texas, with description of new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 282): 241-307. [Pp. 241-272., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.5-282.241 [details]
original description (of Leptocephalus mollis Fowler, 1944) Fowler, H. W. (1944). Results of the fifth George Vanderbilt expedition (1941) (Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Galápagos Archipelago and Mexican Pacific islands). The Fishes. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6: 57-529, Pls. 1-20. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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
Unreviewed
Distribution off Banquereau Bank to Brazil [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters.Found in seagrass beds from bays and mangroves to offshore reefs, as well as in tidal creeks and brackish estuaries to depths of 7 m. [details]
Importance Social - Minor Commercial, Bait [details]
Predators Bony fishes [details]
Reproduction Adults move to open sea to spawn [details]
To Barcode of Life (67 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Myrophis microstigmius Poey, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Myrophis longleii Silvester, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Neoconger perlongus Poey, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Myrophis lumbricus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Leptoconger perlongus (Poey, 1875))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myrophis punctatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis dolichorhynchus Parr, 1930)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis iguapensis Miranda Ribeiro, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis longleii Silvester, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis lumbricus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Neoconger perlongus Poey, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Myroplius punctatus Lütken, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis microstigmius Poey, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus mollis Fowler, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptoconger perlongus (Poey, 1875))
To GenBank (63 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrophis lumbricus RAD107797-001) (from synonym Myrophis lumbricus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrophis lumbricus USNM 30896 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Myrophis lumbricus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrophis punctatus USNM 404019 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrophis punctatus USNM 404118 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Myrophis microstigmius Poey, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Myrophis longleii Silvester, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Neoconger perlongus Poey, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Myrophis lumbricus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Leptoconger perlongus (Poey, 1875))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myrophis punctatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis dolichorhynchus Parr, 1930)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis iguapensis Miranda Ribeiro, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis longleii Silvester, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis lumbricus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Neoconger perlongus Poey, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Myroplius punctatus Lütken, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis microstigmius Poey, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus mollis Fowler, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptoconger perlongus (Poey, 1875))
To GenBank (63 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrophis lumbricus RAD107797-001) (from synonym Myrophis lumbricus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrophis lumbricus USNM 30896 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Myrophis lumbricus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrophis punctatus USNM 404019 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrophis punctatus USNM 404118 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
