WoRMS taxon details
Gnathophis musteliceps (Alcock, 1894)
271764 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271764)
accepted
Species
Bathycongrus musteliceps (Alcock, 1894) · unaccepted
Congromuraena musteliceps Alcock, 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Congromuraena musteliceps Alcock, 1894) Alcock, A. W. (1894). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,', Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II., No. 11. An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 63 (pt 2): 115-137, Pls. 6-7. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-23, with original pagination at bottom.]. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gnathophis musteliceps (Alcock, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271764 on 2026-07-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Congromuraena musteliceps Alcock, 1894) Alcock, A. W. (1894). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,', Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II., No. 11. An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 63 (pt 2): 115-137, Pls. 6-7. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-23, with original pagination at bottom.]. [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
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Congromuraena musteliceps Alcock, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Bathycongrus musteliceps (Alcock, 1894))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gnathophis musteliceps)
To FishBase (from synonym Congromuraena musteliceps Alcock, 1894)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathycongrus musteliceps (Alcock, 1894))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Congromuraena musteliceps Alcock, 1894)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Congromuraena musteliceps Alcock, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Bathycongrus musteliceps (Alcock, 1894))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gnathophis musteliceps)
To FishBase (from synonym Congromuraena musteliceps Alcock, 1894)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathycongrus musteliceps (Alcock, 1894))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Congromuraena musteliceps Alcock, 1894)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
