WoRMS taxon details
Gnathophis umbrellabius (Whitley, 1948)
271771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271771)
accepted
Species
Fimbriceps umbrellabia Whitley, 1948 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gnathophis incognitus Castle, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gnathophis umbrellabia (Whitley, 1948) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fimbriceps umbrellabia Whitley, 1948) Whitley, G. P. (1948). Studies in ichthyology. No. 13. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 22 (no. 1): 70-94. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gnathophis umbrellabius (Whitley, 1948). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271771 on 2026-01-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gnathophis incognitus Castle, 1963) Castle, P.H.J. (1963). The systematics, development and distribution of two eels of the genus Gnathophis (Congridae) in Australasian waters. <em>Zoological Publications from Victoria University of Wellington.</em> 34: 15–47. [details]
original description (of Fimbriceps umbrellabia Whitley, 1948) Whitley, G. P. (1948). Studies in ichthyology. No. 13. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 22 (no. 1): 70-94. [details]
original description (of Fimbriceps umbrellabia Whitley, 1948) Whitley, G. P. (1948). Studies in ichthyology. No. 13. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 22 (no. 1): 70-94. [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]
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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Fimbriceps umbrellabia Whitley, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gnathophis incognitus Castle, 1963)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gnathophis umbrellabius)
To FishBase (from synonym Fimbriceps umbrellabia Whitley, 1948)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gnathophis incognitus Castle, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Gnathophis umbrellabia (Whitley, 1948))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Fimbriceps umbrellabia Whitley, 1948)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Fimbriceps umbrellabia Whitley, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gnathophis incognitus Castle, 1963)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gnathophis umbrellabius)
To FishBase (from synonym Fimbriceps umbrellabia Whitley, 1948)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gnathophis incognitus Castle, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Gnathophis umbrellabia (Whitley, 1948))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Fimbriceps umbrellabia Whitley, 1948)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
