WoRMS taxon details
Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
217588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217588)
accepted
Species
Ophichthus bangko (Bleeker, 1852) · unaccepted
Ophichthys apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) · unaccepted
Ophisurus apicalis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 · unaccepted
Ophisurus bangko Bleeker, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophisurus compar Richardson, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophisurus diepenhorsti Bleeker, 1860 · unaccepted
Ophisurus spadiceus Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophisurus apicalis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) Anonymous [Bennett], E. T. (1830). Class Pisces. Pp. 686-694. In: Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.... By his Widow [Lady Stamford Raffles]. <em>John Murray, London.</em> 701 pp. [Most workers cite Bennett as author, but there is no internal evidence that he was the author. We treat Bennett as the anonymous author and place his name in brackets as required by the ICZN code, but we use the convention "Anonymous [Bennett] 1830".]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217588 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophisurus apicalis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) Anonymous [Bennett], E. T. (1830). Class Pisces. Pp. 686-694. In: Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.... By his Widow [Lady Stamford Raffles]. <em>John Murray, London.</em> 701 pp. [Most workers cite Bennett as author, but there is no internal evidence that he was the author. We treat Bennett as the anonymous author and place his name in brackets as required by the ICZN code, but we use the convention "Anonymous [Bennett] 1830".]. [details]
original description (of Ophisurus bangko Bleeker, 1852) 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 Ophisurus diepenhorsti Bleeker, 1860) Bleeker, P. (1860). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Sumatra (Visschen van Benkoelen, Priaman, Tandjong, Palembang en Djambi). <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 8 (art. 2): 1-88. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Ophisurus bangko Bleeker, 1852) 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 Ophisurus diepenhorsti Bleeker, 1860) Bleeker, P. (1860). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Sumatra (Visschen van Benkoelen, Priaman, Tandjong, Palembang en Djambi). <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 8 (art. 2): 1-88. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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 (HKRMS)
Lam C. (1990). Benthic ichthyofauna of Tolo Harbour and the entrance to Tolo Channel, Mirs Bay. In: Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern china II.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: pp 899-905. [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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bluntnose snake-eel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus bangko Bleeker, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus compar Richardson, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus spadiceus Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus diepenhorsti Bleeker, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus apicalis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus apicalis)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus bangko (Bleeker, 1852))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus apicalis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus bangko Bleeker, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus compar Richardson, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus diepenhorsti Bleeker, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus spadiceus Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830))
To FishBase images (Ophichthus apicalis, Viet Nam, by Winterbottom, R.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus apicalis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Ophisurus compar Richardson, 1848; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2550621) (from synonym Ophisurus compar Richardson, 1848)
To NHMUK collection (Ophisurus diepenhorsti Bleeker, 1860; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2599974) (from synonym Ophisurus diepenhorsti Bleeker, 1860)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus apicalis P08908 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus bangko Bleeker, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus compar Richardson, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus spadiceus Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus diepenhorsti Bleeker, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus apicalis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus apicalis)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus bangko (Bleeker, 1852))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus apicalis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus bangko Bleeker, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus compar Richardson, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus diepenhorsti Bleeker, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus spadiceus Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830))
To FishBase images (Ophichthus apicalis, Viet Nam, by Winterbottom, R.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus apicalis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Ophisurus compar Richardson, 1848; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2550621) (from synonym Ophisurus compar Richardson, 1848)
To NHMUK collection (Ophisurus diepenhorsti Bleeker, 1860; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2599974) (from synonym Ophisurus diepenhorsti Bleeker, 1860)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus apicalis P08908 illustration)
To ITIS
