WoRMS taxon details
Paraconger caudilimbatus (Poey, 1867)
158569 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158569)
accepted
Species
Echelus caudilimbatus Poey, 1867 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Echelus caudilimbatus Poey, 1867) Poey, F. (1867-1868). Monografia de las Morenas cubanas. <em>Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba.</em> v. 2: 245-268, 2 pls. [details]
Distribution Georges Bank to North Carolina and Florida, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, and Cuba; Venezuela and probably Colombia
Distribution Georges Bank to North Carolina and Florida, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, and Cuba; Venezuela and probably Colombia [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Paraconger caudilimbatus (Poey, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158569 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echelus caudilimbatus Poey, 1867) Poey, F. (1867-1868). Monografia de las Morenas cubanas. <em>Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba.</em> v. 2: 245-268, 2 pls. [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]
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 (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]
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 Georges Bank to North Carolina and Florida, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, and Cuba; Venezuela and probably Colombia [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found on muddy and sandy bottoms. [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Echelus caudilimbatus Poey, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paraconger caudilimbatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Echelus caudilimbatus Poey, 1867)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Echelus caudilimbatus Poey, 1867)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraconger caudilimbatus RAD105747-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraconger caudilimbatus RAD105747-003)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Echelus caudilimbatus Poey, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paraconger caudilimbatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Echelus caudilimbatus Poey, 1867)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Echelus caudilimbatus Poey, 1867)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraconger caudilimbatus RAD105747-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraconger caudilimbatus RAD105747-003)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
