WoRMS taxon details
Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876)
282709 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282709)
accepted
Species
Aotea acus Phillipps, 1926 · unaccepted
Muraenichthys breviceps Günther, 1876 · unaccepted
Muraenichthys breviceps acus (Phillipps, 1926) · unaccepted
Muraenichthys breviceps halituna Whitley, 1955 · unaccepted
Muraenichthys devisi Fowler, 1907 · unaccepted
Muraenichthys ogilbyi (Fowler, 1907) · unaccepted
Scolecenchelys ogilbyi Fowler, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraenichthys breviceps Günther, 1876) Günther, A. (1876). Remarks on fishes with descriptions of new species in the British Museum, chiefly from southern seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v 17 (no. 101) (art. 43): 389-402. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282709 on 2025-06-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraenichthys devisi Fowler, 1907) Fowler, H. W. (1907-08). A collection of fishes from Victoria Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 59: 419-444. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys breviceps Günther, 1876) Günther, A. (1876). Remarks on fishes with descriptions of new species in the British Museum, chiefly from southern seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v 17 (no. 101) (art. 43): 389-402. [details]
original description (of Scolecenchelys ogilbyi Fowler, 1907) Fowler, H. W. (1907-08). A collection of fishes from Victoria Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 59: 419-444. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys breviceps Günther, 1876) Günther, A. (1876). Remarks on fishes with descriptions of new species in the British Museum, chiefly from southern seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v 17 (no. 101) (art. 43): 389-402. [details]
original description (of Scolecenchelys ogilbyi Fowler, 1907) Fowler, H. W. (1907-08). A collection of fishes from Victoria Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 59: 419-444. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys breviceps Günther, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys devisi Fowler, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Aotea acus Phillipps, 1926)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys ogilbyi (Fowler, 1907))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scolecenchelys breviceps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys breviceps Günther, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Aotea acus Phillipps, 1926)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys ogilbyi (Fowler, 1907))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys breviceps acus (Phillipps, 1926))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys breviceps halituna Whitley, 1955)
To FishBase (from synonym Scolecenchelys ogilbyi Fowler, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys devisi Fowler, 1907)
To FishBase images (Scolecenchelys breviceps, Australia, by Groeneveld, R.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Muraenichthys breviceps Günther, 1876)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys breviceps Günther, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys devisi Fowler, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Aotea acus Phillipps, 1926)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys ogilbyi (Fowler, 1907))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scolecenchelys breviceps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys breviceps Günther, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Aotea acus Phillipps, 1926)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys ogilbyi (Fowler, 1907))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys breviceps acus (Phillipps, 1926))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys breviceps halituna Whitley, 1955)
To FishBase (from synonym Scolecenchelys ogilbyi Fowler, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys devisi Fowler, 1907)
To FishBase images (Scolecenchelys breviceps, Australia, by Groeneveld, R.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Muraenichthys breviceps Günther, 1876)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
