WoRMS taxon details
Quassiremus ascensionis (Studer, 1889)
282532 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282532)
accepted
Species
Ophichthys ascensionis Studer, 1889 · unaccepted
Quassiremus goslingi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932 · unaccepted
Quassiremus productus Seale, 1917 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophichthys ascensionis Studer, 1889) Studer, T., 1889. Die Forschungsreise S.M.S. "Gazelle" in den Jahren 1874 bis 1876 unter Kommando des Kapitän zur See Freiherrn von Schleinitz, herausgegeben von dem Hydrographischen Amt des Reichs-Marine-Amts. III. Zoologie und GeoIogie : 1-322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/843979 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Quassiremus ascensionis (Studer, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282532 on 2026-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophichthys ascensionis Studer, 1889) Studer, T., 1889. Die Forschungsreise S.M.S. "Gazelle" in den Jahren 1874 bis 1876 unter Kommando des Kapitän zur See Freiherrn von Schleinitz, herausgegeben von dem Hydrographischen Amt des Reichs-Marine-Amts. III. Zoologie und GeoIogie : 1-322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/843979 [details]
original description (of Quassiremus goslingi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932) Beebe, W.; Tee-Van, J. (1932). New Bermuda fish, including six new species and forty-three species hitherto unrecorded from Bermuda. <em>Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society.</em> 13(5): 109-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.190348 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Quassiremus productus Seale, 1917) Seale, A. (1917). New species of apodal fishes. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 61 (4): 79-94. [details]
original description (of Quassiremus goslingi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932) Beebe, W.; Tee-Van, J. (1932). New Bermuda fish, including six new species and forty-three species hitherto unrecorded from Bermuda. <em>Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society.</em> 13(5): 109-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.190348 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Quassiremus productus Seale, 1917) Seale, A. (1917). New species of apodal fishes. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 61 (4): 79-94. [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
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
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 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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | blackspotted snake eel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophichthys ascensionis Studer, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Quassiremus productus Seale, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Quassiremus productus Seale, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Quassiremus goslingi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys ascensionis Studer, 1889)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Quassiremus goslingi RAD118439-001) (from synonym Quassiremus goslingi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Quassiremus goslingi RAD118440-001) (from synonym Quassiremus goslingi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophichthys ascensionis Studer, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Quassiremus productus Seale, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Quassiremus productus Seale, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Quassiremus goslingi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys ascensionis Studer, 1889)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Quassiremus goslingi RAD118439-001) (from synonym Quassiremus goslingi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Quassiremus goslingi RAD118440-001) (from synonym Quassiremus goslingi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932)
To ITIS
