WoRMS taxon details
Echiophis intertinctus (Richardson, 1848)
158609 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158609)
accepted
Species
Mystriophis interstinctus (Richardson, 1848) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophisurus intertinctus Richardson, 1848 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophisurus intertinctus Richardson, 1848) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern Brazil.
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern Brazil. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Echiophis intertinctus (Richardson, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158609 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophisurus intertinctus Richardson, 1848) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [details]
original description (of Leptocephalus caudomaculatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902) Eigenmann, C. H.; Kennedy, C. H. (1902). The leptocephalus of the American eel and other American Leptocephali. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 21 (1901): 81-92. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
original description (of Leptocephalus caudomaculatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902) Eigenmann, C. H.; Kennedy, C. H. (1902). The leptocephalus of the American eel and other American Leptocephali. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 21 (1901): 81-92. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern Brazil. [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leptocephalus caudomaculatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus intertinctus Richardson, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echiophis intertinctus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus intertinctus Richardson, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Mystriophis interstinctus (Richardson, 1848))
To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus caudomaculatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902)
To FishBase images (Echiophis intertinctus, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus intertinctus Richardson, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Echiophis intertinctus RAD118419-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Echiophis intertinctus RAD118420-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leptocephalus caudomaculatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus intertinctus Richardson, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echiophis intertinctus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus intertinctus Richardson, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Mystriophis interstinctus (Richardson, 1848))
To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus caudomaculatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902)
To FishBase images (Echiophis intertinctus, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus intertinctus Richardson, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Echiophis intertinctus RAD118419-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Echiophis intertinctus RAD118420-001)
To ITIS
