WoRMS taxon details

Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1859)

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158646  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158646)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Browns Bank to Brazil  
Distribution Browns Bank to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158646 on 2023-06-10
Date
action
by
2005-05-26 07:43:32Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
2013-01-08 10:48:02Z
changed

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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]   

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]   

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). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., 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 
   

From other sources
Distribution Browns Bank to Brazil [details]

Habitat Found at depths to 150 m, more common in deeper waters.  [details]

Habitat benthic [details]
LanguageName 
English palespotted eel  [details]
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Herpetoichthys ocellatus P09525 illustration)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus guttifer P08911 illustration)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus ocellatus P08804 illustration)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthys guttifer RAD118432-001)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthys retropinnis RAD118433-001)
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