WoRMS taxon details
Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816)
217578 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217578)
accepted
Species
Muraena maculosa Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted
Muraena tigrina Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted
Myrichthys aki Tanaka, 1917 · unaccepted
Myrichthys rupestris Snyder, 1912 · unaccepted
Myrichtys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophichthus miyamotonis Tanaka, 1913 · unaccepted
Ophichthys dromicus Günther, 1870 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Found in sandy areas of reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs, living buried in the sand. Many aggregate in large numbers...
Description Found in sandy areas of reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs, living buried in the sand. Many aggregate in large numbers under a light at night. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2022). FishBase. Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217578 on 2022-06-30
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basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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] 
Present From other sources
Description Found in sandy areas of reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs, living buried in the sand. Many aggregate in large numbers under a light at night. [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myrichthys aki Tanaka, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Muraena maculosa Cuvier, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Muraena tigrina Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophichthus miyamotonis Tanaka, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys dromicus Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Myrichthys rupestris Snyder, 1912)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Muraena maculosa Cuvier, 1816)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena maculosa Cuvier, 1816)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena tigrina Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus miyamotonis Tanaka, 1913)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrichthys aki Tanaka, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrichthys rupestris Snyder, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrichtys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys dromicus Günther, 1870)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Myrichthys aki Tanaka, 1917)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrichthys maculosus USNM 409114 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrichthys maculosus USNM 409115 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrichthys rupestris RAD107794-001) (from synonym Myrichthys rupestris Snyder, 1912)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myrichthys aki Tanaka, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Muraena maculosa Cuvier, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Muraena tigrina Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophichthus miyamotonis Tanaka, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys dromicus Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Myrichthys rupestris Snyder, 1912)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Muraena maculosa Cuvier, 1816)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena maculosa Cuvier, 1816)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena tigrina Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus miyamotonis Tanaka, 1913)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrichthys aki Tanaka, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrichthys rupestris Snyder, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Myrichtys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys dromicus Günther, 1870)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Myrichthys aki Tanaka, 1917)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrichthys maculosus USNM 409114 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrichthys maculosus USNM 409115 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrichthys rupestris RAD107794-001) (from synonym Myrichthys rupestris Snyder, 1912)
To ITIS
