WoRMS taxon details
Muraena retifera Goode & Bean, 1882
158586 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158586)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1882). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of fish from the southern United States, and three new genera, Letharcus, Ioglossus, and Chriodorus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 297): 412-437. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: New England to Florida in USA and Gulf of Mexico. Yucatan and Venezuela
Distribution Western Atlantic: New England to Florida in USA and Gulf of Mexico. Yucatan and Venezuela [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Muraena retifera Goode & Bean, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158586 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1882). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of fish from the southern United States, and three new genera, Letharcus, Ioglossus, and Chriodorus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 297): 412-437. [details]
basis of record Böhlke, E. B.; J. E. Böhlke, M. M.; Leiby, J. E.; McCosker, E.; Bertelsen, C. H.; Robins, C. R.; Robins, D. G.; Smith, K. A.; Tighe, J. G.; Nielsen, W. H.; Hulet; Fuges, M. H. (1989). Volume One: orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Volume Two: Leptocephali. [details]
basis of record Böhlke, E. B.; J. E. Böhlke, M. M.; Leiby, J. E.; McCosker, E.; Bertelsen, C. H.; Robins, C. R.; Robins, D. G.; Smith, K. A.; Tighe, J. G.; Nielsen, W. H.; Hulet; Fuges, M. H. (1989). Volume One: orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Volume Two: Leptocephali. [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
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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: New England to Florida in USA and Gulf of Mexico. Yucatan and Venezuela [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muraena retifera)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Muraena retifera, by Flescher, D.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Muraena retifera P09632 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muraena retifera)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Muraena retifera, by Flescher, D.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Muraena retifera P09632 illustration)
To ITIS
