WoRMS taxon details
Neoconger mucronatus Girard, 1858
158580 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158580)
accepted
Species
Chirionorhinus torrei Howell Rivero, 1932 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chrinorhinus torrei Howell Rivero, 1932 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Girard, C. F. (1858). Notes upon various new genera and new species of fishes, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and collected in connection with the United States and Mexican boundary survey: Major William Emory, Commissioner. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 167-171., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535762#page/187/mode/1up [details]
Distribution Browns Bank to Brazil
Distribution Browns Bank to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Neoconger mucronatus Girard, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158580 on 2026-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Girard, C. F. (1858). Notes upon various new genera and new species of fishes, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and collected in connection with the United States and Mexican boundary survey: Major William Emory, Commissioner. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 167-171., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535762#page/187/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Chrinorhinus torrei Howell Rivero, 1932) Howell Rivero, L. (1932). The apodal fishes of Cuba. <em>Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club.</em> v. 13: 3-26. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Chrinorhinus torrei Howell Rivero, 1932) Howell Rivero, L. (1932). The apodal fishes of Cuba. <em>Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club.</em> v. 13: 3-26. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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
additional source
Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Browns Bank to Brazil [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Inhabits offshore banks. [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neoconger mucronatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrinorhinus torrei Howell Rivero, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Chirionorhinus torrei Howell Rivero, 1932)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoconger mucronatus USNM 861 lectotype 1 of 2 radiograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoconger mucronatus USNM 861 lectotype 2 of 2 radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neoconger mucronatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrinorhinus torrei Howell Rivero, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Chirionorhinus torrei Howell Rivero, 1932)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoconger mucronatus USNM 861 lectotype 1 of 2 radiograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoconger mucronatus USNM 861 lectotype 2 of 2 radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
