WoRMS taxon details
Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864
217584 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217584)
accepted
Species
Caecula polyophthalma (Bleeker, 1864) · unaccepted
Caecula polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1864) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophichtchys polyophtalmus Bleeker, 1864 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophichthys bleekeri Volz, 1903 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophichthys polyophtalmus Bleeker, 1864 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophichthys polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophichtys polyophtalmus Bleeker, 1864 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bleeker, P. (1864). Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 2: 38-54. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217584 on 2025-10-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Bleeker, P. (1864). Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 2: 38-54. [details]
original description (of Ophichthys polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864) Bleeker, P. (1864). Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 2: 38-54.
page(s): 43 [details]
original description (of Ophichthys bleekeri Volz, 1903) Volz, W. (1903). Fische von Sumatra. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena).</em> v. 19 (no. 4): 347-419, Pls. 25-26. [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 Ophichthys polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864) Bleeker, P. (1864). Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 2: 38-54.
page(s): 43 [details]
original description (of Ophichthys bleekeri Volz, 1903) Volz, W. (1903). Fische von Sumatra. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena).</em> v. 19 (no. 4): 347-419, Pls. 25-26. [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
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caecula polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus polyophthalmus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caecula polyophthalma (Bleeker, 1864))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichtys polyophtalmus Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys polyophtalmus Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichtchys polyophtalmus Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Caecula polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1864))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys bleekeri Volz, 1903)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophichthys bleekeri Volz, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus polyophthalmus FIN031563 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus polyophthalmus USNM 439906 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caecula polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus polyophthalmus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caecula polyophthalma (Bleeker, 1864))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichtys polyophtalmus Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys polyophtalmus Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichtchys polyophtalmus Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Caecula polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1864))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys bleekeri Volz, 1903)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophichthys bleekeri Volz, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus polyophthalmus FIN031563 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus polyophthalmus USNM 439906 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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