WoRMS taxon details
Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855)
271955 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271955)
accepted
Species
Ophichthus gomesi (Castelnau, 1855) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophichthys brachyurus Poey, 1868 · unaccepted
Ophichthys gomesii (Castelnau, 1855) · unaccepted
Ophichthys macrurus Poey, 1867 · unaccepted
Ophisurus chrysops Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Ophisurus gomesii Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted
Oxyodontichthys limbatus Poey, 1880 · unaccepted
Scytalophis magnioculis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophisurus gomesii Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120
page(s): 84, Pl. 44 (fig. 2) [details]
page(s): 84, Pl. 44 (fig. 2) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271955 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophisurus gomesii Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120
page(s): 84, Pl. 44 (fig. 2) [details]
page(s): 84, Pl. 44 (fig. 2) [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 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 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 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 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
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys gomesii (Castelnau, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Scytalophis magnioculis Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus chrysops Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus gomesii Castelnau, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ophichthus gomesi (Castelnau, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Oxyodontichthys limbatus Poey, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys macrurus Poey, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys brachyurus Poey, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus gomesii)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus gomesi (Castelnau, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus chrysops Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus gomesii Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys gomesii (Castelnau, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys macrurus Poey, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Oxyodontichthys limbatus Poey, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Scytalophis magnioculis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys brachyurus Poey, 1868)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus gomesii Castelnau, 1855)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus gomesii RAD118429-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus gomesii RAD118429-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys gomesii (Castelnau, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Scytalophis magnioculis Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus chrysops Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus gomesii Castelnau, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ophichthus gomesi (Castelnau, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Oxyodontichthys limbatus Poey, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys macrurus Poey, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys brachyurus Poey, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus gomesii)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus gomesi (Castelnau, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus chrysops Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus gomesii Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys gomesii (Castelnau, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys macrurus Poey, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Oxyodontichthys limbatus Poey, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Scytalophis magnioculis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys brachyurus Poey, 1868)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus gomesii Castelnau, 1855)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus gomesii RAD118429-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus gomesii RAD118429-001)
To ITIS
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