WoRMS taxon details
Brachysomophis umbonis McCosker & Randall, 2001
279129 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279129)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
McCosker, J. E.; Randall, J. E. (2001). Revision of the snake-eel genus <i>Brachysomophis</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with description of two new species and comments on the species of <i>Mystriophis</i>. <em>Indo-Pac. Fish.</em> (33): 1-32. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Brachysomophis umbonis McCosker & Randall, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279129 on 2026-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
McCosker, J. E.; Randall, J. E. (2001). Revision of the snake-eel genus <i>Brachysomophis</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with description of two new species and comments on the species of <i>Mystriophis</i>. <em>Indo-Pac. Fish.</em> (33): 1-32. [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 European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachysomophis umbonis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brachysomophis umbonis USNM 364282 photograph head lateral view holotype)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brachysomophis umbonis USNM 364282 photograph lateral view holotype)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachysomophis umbonis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brachysomophis umbonis USNM 364282 photograph head lateral view holotype)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brachysomophis umbonis USNM 364282 photograph lateral view holotype)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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