WoRMS taxon details
Myrichthys magnificus (Abbott, 1860)
275485 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275485)
accepted
Species
Ophichthus stypurus Smith & Swain, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophichthys stypurus Smith & Swain, 1882 · unaccepted
Pisoodonophis magnifica Abbott, 1860 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pisoodonophis magnifica Abbott, 1860) Abbott, C. C. (1860). Description of new species of apodal fishes in the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 475-479. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Myrichthys magnificus (Abbott, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275485 on 2026-08-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pisoodonophis magnifica Abbott, 1860) Abbott, C. C. (1860). Description of new species of apodal fishes in the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 475-479. [details]
original description (of Ophichthys stypurus Smith & Swain, 1882) Smith, R.; Swain, J. (1882). Notes on a collection of fishes from Johnston's Island, including descriptions of five new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 272): 119-143., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.272.119 [details]
original description (of Ophichthys stypurus Smith & Swain, 1882) Smith, R.; Swain, J. (1882). Notes on a collection of fishes from Johnston's Island, including descriptions of five new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 272): 119-143., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.272.119 [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 (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophichthus stypurus Smith & Swain, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pisoodonophis magnifica Abbott, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myrichthys magnificus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pisoodonophis magnifica Abbott, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus stypurus Smith & Swain, 1882)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophichthys stypurus Smith & Swain, 1882)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pisoodonophis magnifica Abbott, 1860)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophichthus stypurus Smith & Swain, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pisoodonophis magnifica Abbott, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myrichthys magnificus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pisoodonophis magnifica Abbott, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus stypurus Smith & Swain, 1882)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophichthys stypurus Smith & Swain, 1882)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pisoodonophis magnifica Abbott, 1860)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
