WoRMS taxon details
Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft, 1831)
271798 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271798)
accepted
Species
Conger savanna Bancroft, 1831 · unaccepted
Muraenesox savanna (Bancroft, 1831) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Conger savanna Bancroft, 1831) Bancroft, E. N. (1831). Specimens were exhibited of several fishes, lately received from Dr. Bancroft of Kingston, Jamaica, Corr. Memb. Z. S. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 134-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214089 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271798 on 2026-09-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Conger savanna Bancroft, 1831) Bancroft, E. N. (1831). Specimens were exhibited of several fishes, lately received from Dr. Bancroft of Kingston, Jamaica, Corr. Memb. Z. S. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 134-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214089 [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 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 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 (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Conger savanna Bancroft, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Muraenesox savanna (Bancroft, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenesox savanna (Bancroft, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Conger savanna Bancroft, 1831)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Muraenesox savanna (Bancroft et al., 1831); HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2585411) (from synonym Muraenesox savanna (Bancroft, 1831))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Conger savanna Bancroft, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Muraenesox savanna (Bancroft, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenesox savanna (Bancroft, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Conger savanna Bancroft, 1831)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Muraenesox savanna (Bancroft et al., 1831); HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2585411) (from synonym Muraenesox savanna (Bancroft, 1831))
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
