WoRMS taxon details
Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837)
219359 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219359)
accepted
Species
Agonostoma darwiniense MacLeay, 1878 · unaccepted
Eleotris limosus Smith, 1936 · unaccepted
Eleotris litoralis Day, 1876 · unaccepted
Eleotris madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Eleotris porocephalus Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Eleotris scintillans Blyth, 1860 · unaccepted
Ophiocara darwiniensis (MacLeay, 1878) · unaccepted
Ophiocara limosus (Smith, 1936) · unaccepted
Ophiocara porocaephala (Valenciennes, 1837) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophiocara porocephala darwiniense (MacLeay, 1878) · unaccepted
Ophiocara procaephala (Valenciennes, 1837) · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Subspecies Ophiocara porocephala darwiniense (MacLeay, 1878) accepted as Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219359 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eleotris litoralis Day, 1876) Day, F. (1876). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to Inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Part 2: 169-368, Pls. 41-78.
page(s): 314 [details]
original description (of Eleotris madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Eleotris scintillans Blyth, 1860) Blyth, E. (1860). Report on some fishes received chiefly from the Sitang River and its tributary streams, Tenasserim Provinces. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal .</em> v. 29 (no. 2): 138-174.
page(s): 146 [details]
original description (of Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 314 [details]
original description (of Eleotris madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Eleotris scintillans Blyth, 1860) Blyth, E. (1860). Report on some fishes received chiefly from the Sitang River and its tributary streams, Tenasserim Provinces. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal .</em> v. 29 (no. 2): 138-174.
page(s): 146 [details]
original description (of Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark In Cuvier & Valenciennes. Type species of genus. [details]
To Barcode of Life (39 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Agonostoma darwiniense MacLeay, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Eleotris porocephalus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Eleotris madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eleotris litoralis Day, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Eleotris scintillans Blyth, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiocara porocephala)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris limosus Smith, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris litoralis Day, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophiocara darwiniensis (MacLeay, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophiocara limosus (Smith, 1936))
To FishBase (from synonym Agonostoma darwiniense MacLeay, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophiocara porocephala darwiniense (MacLeay, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris porocephalus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophiocara porocaephala (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophiocara procaephala (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris scintillans Blyth, 1860)
To FishBase images (Ophiocara porocephala, by Keith, P.)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 70 proteins)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 70 proteins) (from synonym Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiocara porocephala RAD108837-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiocara porocephala USNM 424769 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Agonostoma darwiniense MacLeay, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Eleotris porocephalus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Eleotris madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eleotris litoralis Day, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Eleotris scintillans Blyth, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiocara porocephala)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris limosus Smith, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris litoralis Day, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophiocara darwiniensis (MacLeay, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophiocara limosus (Smith, 1936))
To FishBase (from synonym Agonostoma darwiniense MacLeay, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophiocara porocephala darwiniense (MacLeay, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris porocephalus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophiocara porocaephala (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophiocara procaephala (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris scintillans Blyth, 1860)
To FishBase images (Ophiocara porocephala, by Keith, P.)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 70 proteins)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 70 proteins) (from synonym Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiocara porocephala RAD108837-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiocara porocephala USNM 424769 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
