WoRMS taxon details
Xenomystax bidentatus (Reid, 1940)
283190 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283190)
accepted
Species
Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940) Reid, E. D. (1940). A new genus and species of eel from the Puerto Rican deep. Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. <em>Miscellaneous Collections.</em> v. 91 (no. 31): 1-5. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Xenomystax bidentatus (Reid, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283190 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940) Reid, E. D. (1940). A new genus and species of eel from the Puerto Rican deep. Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. <em>Miscellaneous Collections.</em> v. 91 (no. 31): 1-5. [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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]
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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraxenomystax bidentatus P08457 illustration) (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraxenomystax bidentatus P15964 illustration) (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To ITIS
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraxenomystax bidentatus P08457 illustration) (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraxenomystax bidentatus P15964 illustration) (from synonym Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid, 1940)
To ITIS
