WoRMS name details
Brotula ensiformis Günther, 1862
308708 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:308708)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Brotula ensiformis Günther, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=308708 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To FishBase
To NHMUK collection (Brotula ensiformis Günther, 1862; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2592040)
To FishBase
To NHMUK collection (Brotula ensiformis Günther, 1862; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2592040)
From editor or global species database
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