WoRMS taxon details
Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922)
271983 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271983)
accepted
Species
Acanthenchelys spinicauda Norman, 1922 · unaccepted
Ophichthus zonatus Howell Rivero, 1932 · unaccepted
Ophychthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acanthenchelys spinicauda Norman, 1922) Norman, J. R. (1922). A new eel from Tobago. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> v. 10 (no. 57): 296-297. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271983 on 2026-09-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophichthus zonatus Howell Rivero, 1932) Howell Rivero, L. (1932). The apodal fishes of Cuba. <em>Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club.</em> v. 13: 3-26. [details]
original description (of Acanthenchelys spinicauda Norman, 1922) Norman, J. R. (1922). A new eel from Tobago. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> v. 10 (no. 57): 296-297. [details]
original description (of Acanthenchelys spinicauda Norman, 1922) Norman, J. R. (1922). A new eel from Tobago. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> v. 10 (no. 57): 296-297. [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 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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Acanthenchelys spinicauda Norman, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophychthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus zonatus Howell Rivero, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthenchelys spinicauda Norman, 1922)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus spinicauda RAD118438-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus spinicauda RAD118438-002)
To ITIS
To FishBase (from synonym Ophychthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus zonatus Howell Rivero, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthenchelys spinicauda Norman, 1922)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus spinicauda RAD118438-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophichthus spinicauda RAD118438-002)
To ITIS
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