WoRMS taxon details
Schismorhynchus labialis (Seale, 1917)
217595 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217595)
accepted
Species
Leptenchelys labialis (Seale, 1917) · unaccepted
Muraenichthys labialis Seale, 1917 · unaccepted
Schizmorhynchus labialis (Seale, 1917) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraenichthys labialis Seale, 1917) Seale, A. (1917). New species of apodal fishes. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 61 (4): 79-94. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Schismorhynchus labialis (Seale, 1917). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217595 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraenichthys labialis Seale, 1917) Seale, A. (1917). New species of apodal fishes. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 61 (4): 79-94. [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] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leptenchelys labialis (Seale, 1917))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys labialis Seale, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Schismorhynchus labialis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys labialis Seale, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Schizmorhynchus labialis (Seale, 1917))
To FishBase (from synonym Leptenchelys labialis (Seale, 1917))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Muraenichthys labialis Seale, 1917)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Schismorhynchus labialis USNM 440007 photograph head lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Schismorhynchus labialis USNM 440007 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leptenchelys labialis (Seale, 1917))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys labialis Seale, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Schismorhynchus labialis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys labialis Seale, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Schizmorhynchus labialis (Seale, 1917))
To FishBase (from synonym Leptenchelys labialis (Seale, 1917))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Muraenichthys labialis Seale, 1917)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Schismorhynchus labialis USNM 440007 photograph head lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Schismorhynchus labialis USNM 440007 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS