WoRMS taxon details
Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896)
158644 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158644)
accepted
Species
Leptocephalus conger Eigenmann, 1902 · unaccepted
Leptocephalus mucronatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902 · unaccepted
Omochelys cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896) · unaccepted
Omochelys marginatus Fowler, 1948 · unaccepted
Pisodonophis cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896) · unaccepted
Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896) Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [details] 
Distribution Banquereau Bank to southern Florida
Distribution Banquereau Bank to southern Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158644 on 2026-08-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leptocephalus mucronatus 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]
original description (of Omochelys marginatus Fowler, 1948) Fowler, H. W. (1948). A new snake eel Omochelys marginatus from off New Jersey. <em>Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia).</em> 210: 1-3. [details]
original description (of Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896) Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [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 Omochelys marginatus Fowler, 1948) Fowler, H. W. (1948). A new snake eel Omochelys marginatus from off New Jersey. <em>Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia).</em> 210: 1-3. [details]
original description (of Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896) Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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 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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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 Banquereau Bank to southern Florida [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found in offshore waters. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | margined snake eel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leptocephalus mucronatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Omochelys marginatus Fowler, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (118 publications) (from synonym Leptocephalus conger Eigenmann, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Pisodonophis cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Omochelys cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus cruentifer)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pisodonophis cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Omochelys marginatus Fowler, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Omochelys cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus conger Eigenmann, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus mucronatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Genbank (from synonym Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus cruentifer RAD118416-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus cruentifer RAD118417-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pisoodonophis cruentifer USNM 28938 lectotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pisoodontophis cruentifer P08178 illustration) (from synonym Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leptocephalus mucronatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Omochelys marginatus Fowler, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (118 publications) (from synonym Leptocephalus conger Eigenmann, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Pisodonophis cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Omochelys cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophichthus cruentifer)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pisodonophis cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Omochelys marginatus Fowler, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Omochelys cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus conger Eigenmann, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus mucronatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Genbank (from synonym Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus cruentifer RAD118416-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus cruentifer RAD118417-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pisoodonophis cruentifer USNM 28938 lectotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pisoodontophis cruentifer P08178 illustration) (from synonym Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean, 1896)
To ITIS
