WoRMS taxon details
Ophichthus erabo (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
217585 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217585)
accepted
Species
Microdonophis erabo Jordan & Snyder, 1901 · unaccepted
Ophichthus retifer Fowler, 1935 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Microdonophis erabo 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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ophichthus erabo (Jordan & Snyder, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217585 on 2025-08-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophichthus retifer Fowler, 1935) Fowler, H. W. (1935). South African fishes received from Mr. H. W. Bell-Marley in 1935. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 87: 361-408. [details]
original description (of Microdonophis erabo 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]
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 Microdonophis erabo 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]
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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | モンガラドオシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophichthus retifer Fowler, 1935)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Microdonophis erabo Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus erabo)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus retifer Fowler, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Microdonophis erabo Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase images (Ophichthus erabo, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Microdonophis erabo Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophichthus retifer Fowler, 1935)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Microdonophis erabo Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus erabo)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus retifer Fowler, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Microdonophis erabo Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase images (Ophichthus erabo, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Microdonophis erabo Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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