WoRMS taxon details
Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856
276796 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276796)
accepted
Species
Ophisurus polyodon Bleeker, 1860 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kaup, J. J. (1856). Uebersicht der Aale. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 22: 41-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7083450 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276796 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Kaup, J. J. (1856). Uebersicht der Aale. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 22: 41-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7083450 [details]
original description (of Ophisurus polyodon Bleeker, 1860) Bleeker, P. (1860). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Sumatra (Visschen van Benkoelen, Priaman, Tandjong, Palembang en Djambi). <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 8 (art. 2): 1-88. [details]
original description (of Ophisurus polyodon Bleeker, 1860) Bleeker, P. (1860). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Sumatra (Visschen van Benkoelen, Priaman, Tandjong, Palembang en Djambi). <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 8 (art. 2): 1-88. [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 (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [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 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
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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 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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus polyodon Bleeker, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirrhimuraena chinensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus polyodon Bleeker, 1860)
To GenBank (572 nucleotides; 278 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2583584)
To NHMUK collection (Ophisurus polyodon Bleeker, 1860; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2599916) (from synonym Ophisurus polyodon Bleeker, 1860)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus polyodon Bleeker, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirrhimuraena chinensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus polyodon Bleeker, 1860)
To GenBank (572 nucleotides; 278 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2583584)
To NHMUK collection (Ophisurus polyodon Bleeker, 1860; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2599916) (from synonym Ophisurus polyodon Bleeker, 1860)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
