WoRMS taxon details
Pythonichthys microphthalmus (Regan, 1912)
282526 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282526)
accepted
Species
Heterenchelys microphthalmus Regan, 1912 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Heterenchelys microphthalmus Regan, 1912) Regan, C. T. (1912). Description of two new eels from West Africa, belonging to a new genus and family. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8).</em> v. 10 (no. 57): 323-324., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931208693242 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pythonichthys microphthalmus (Regan, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282526 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Heterenchelys microphthalmus Regan, 1912) Regan, C. T. (1912). Description of two new eels from West Africa, belonging to a new genus and family. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8).</em> v. 10 (no. 57): 323-324., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931208693242 [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
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Heterenchelys microphthalmus Regan, 1912)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pythonichthys microphthalmus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Heterenchelys microphthalmus Regan, 1912)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Heterenchelys microphthalmus Regan, 1912)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Heterenchelys microphthalmus Regan, 1912)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pythonichthys microphthalmus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Heterenchelys microphthalmus Regan, 1912)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Heterenchelys microphthalmus Regan, 1912)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
