WoRMS taxon details
Pisodonophis hijala (Hamilton, 1822)
271995 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271995)
accepted
Species
Anguilla puncticulata Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophichthus hijala (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Ophisurus hijala Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophisurus hijala Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 20, 363, Pl. 5 (fig. 5) [details]
page(s): 20, 363, Pl. 5 (fig. 5) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pisodonophis hijala (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271995 on 2026-09-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophisurus hijala Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 20, 363, Pl. 5 (fig. 5) [details]
original description (of Anguilla puncticulata Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 20, 363, Pl. 5 (fig. 5) [details]
original description (of Anguilla puncticulata Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus hijala Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla puncticulata Swainson, 1839)
To Fishbase (from synonym Anguilla puncticulata Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus hijala Hamilton, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Ophichthus hijala (Hamilton, 1822))
To ITIS
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla puncticulata Swainson, 1839)
To Fishbase (from synonym Anguilla puncticulata Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus hijala Hamilton, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Ophichthus hijala (Hamilton, 1822))
To ITIS
