WoRMS taxon details
Malvoliophis pinguis (Günther, 1872)
281516 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281516)
accepted
Species
Bascanichthys hemizona Ogilby, 1897 · unaccepted
Malviolophus pinguis (Günther, 1872) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophichthys pinguis Günther, 1872 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophichthys pinguis Günther, 1872) Günther, A. (1872). On some new species of reptiles and fishes collected by J. Brenchley, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 10 (no. 60) (art,. 60): 418-426. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Malvoliophis pinguis (Günther, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281516 on 2026-02-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bascanichthys hemizona Ogilby, 1897) Ogilby, J. D. (1897). Some new genera and species of fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 22 (pt 2): 245-251. [details]
original description (of Ophichthys pinguis Günther, 1872) Günther, A. (1872). On some new species of reptiles and fishes collected by J. Brenchley, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 10 (no. 60) (art,. 60): 418-426. [details]
original description (of Ophichthys pinguis Günther, 1872) Günther, A. (1872). On some new species of reptiles and fishes collected by J. Brenchley, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 10 (no. 60) (art,. 60): 418-426. [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 (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Bascanichthys hemizona Ogilby, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys pinguis Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Malviolophus pinguis (Günther, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys pinguis Günther, 1872)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bascanichthys hemizona Ogilby, 1897)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Bascanichthys hemizona Ogilby, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophichthys pinguis Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Malviolophus pinguis (Günther, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys pinguis Günther, 1872)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bascanichthys hemizona Ogilby, 1897)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
