WoRMS taxon details
Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1859)
158646 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158646)
accepted
Species
Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, 1859 · unaccepted
Ophichthys guttifer Bean & Dresel, 1884 · unaccepted
Ophichthys retropinnis Eigenmann, 1887 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, 1859) Kaup, J. J. (1859). Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschrieben und abgebildet . <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> v. 4 (no. 2): 1-29 + suppl. 1-4, Pls. 1-5. [details]
Distribution Browns Bank to Brazil
Distribution Browns Bank to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158646 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophichthys guttifer Bean & Dresel, 1884) Bean, T. H.; Dresel, H. G. (1884). Diagnoses of three new species of fishes from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> v. 2: 99-100. [details]
original description (of Ophichthys retropinnis Eigenmann, 1887) Eigenmann, C. H. (1887). Description of a new species of Ophichthys (Ophichthys retropinnis), from Pensacola, Fla. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 10 (no. 613): 116. [details]
original description (of Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, 1859) Kaup, J. J. (1859). Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschrieben und abgebildet . <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> v. 4 (no. 2): 1-29 + suppl. 1-4, Pls. 1-5. [details]
basis of record Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
original description (of Ophichthys retropinnis Eigenmann, 1887) Eigenmann, C. H. (1887). Description of a new species of Ophichthys (Ophichthys retropinnis), from Pensacola, Fla. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 10 (no. 613): 116. [details]
original description (of Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, 1859) Kaup, J. J. (1859). Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschrieben und abgebildet . <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> v. 4 (no. 2): 1-29 + suppl. 1-4, Pls. 1-5. [details]
basis of record Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Browns Bank to Brazil [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found at depths to 150 m, more common in deeper waters. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | palespotted eel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys guttifer Bean & Dresel, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys retropinnis Eigenmann, 1887)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus puncticeps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys guttifer Bean & Dresel, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys retropinnis Eigenmann, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, 1859)
To FishBase images (Ophichthus puncticeps, by Flescher, D.)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, 1859)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Herpetoichthys ocellatus P09525 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus guttifer P08911 illustration) (from synonym Ophichthys guttifer Bean & Dresel, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthys retropinnis RAD118433-001) (from synonym Ophichthys retropinnis Eigenmann, 1887)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthys retropinnis RAD118433-001) (from synonym Ophichthys retropinnis Eigenmann, 1887)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys guttifer Bean & Dresel, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys retropinnis Eigenmann, 1887)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus puncticeps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys guttifer Bean & Dresel, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys retropinnis Eigenmann, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, 1859)
To FishBase images (Ophichthus puncticeps, by Flescher, D.)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, 1859)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Herpetoichthys ocellatus P09525 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus guttifer P08911 illustration) (from synonym Ophichthys guttifer Bean & Dresel, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthys retropinnis RAD118433-001) (from synonym Ophichthys retropinnis Eigenmann, 1887)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthys retropinnis RAD118433-001) (from synonym Ophichthys retropinnis Eigenmann, 1887)
To ITIS
