WoRMS taxon details
Phyllophichthus xenodontus Gosline, 1951
217592 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217592)
accepted
Species
Phyllophichthus macrurus McKay, 1970 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gosline, W. A. (1951). The osteology and classification of the ophichthid eels of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 5 (4): 298-320. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Phyllophichthus xenodontus Gosline, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217592 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Gosline, W. A. (1951). The osteology and classification of the ophichthid eels of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 5 (4): 298-320. [details]
original description (of Phyllophichthus macrurus McKay, 1970) McKay, R. J. (1970). Additions to the fish fauna of Western Australia. <em>5. Western Australian Fisheries Bulletin.</em> 9 (5): 3-24. [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]
original description (of Phyllophichthus macrurus McKay, 1970) McKay, R. J. (1970). Additions to the fish fauna of Western Australia. <em>5. Western Australian Fisheries Bulletin.</em> 9 (5): 3-24. [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | flappy snake-eel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Phyllophichthus macrurus McKay, 1970)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Phyllophichthus macrurus McKay, 1970)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phyllophichthus xenodontus RAD107807-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phyllophichthus xenodontus USNM 162709 holotype radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Phyllophichthus macrurus McKay, 1970)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Phyllophichthus macrurus McKay, 1970)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phyllophichthus xenodontus RAD107807-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phyllophichthus xenodontus USNM 162709 holotype radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS
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