WoRMS taxon details
Leiuranus versicolor (Richardson, 1848)
310967 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:310967)
accepted
Species
Cyclophichthys cyclorhinus (Fraser-Brunner, 1934) · unaccepted
Cyclophichthys versicolor (Richardson, 1848) · unaccepted
Elapsopis cyclorhinus (Fraser-Brunner, 1934) · unaccepted
Elapsopis versicolor (Richardson, 1848) · unaccepted
Elapsopsis versicolor (Richardson, 1848) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophichthus cyclorhinus Fraser-Brunner, 1934 · unaccepted
Ophisurus versicolor Richardson, 1848 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophisurus versicolor Richardson, 1848) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Leiuranus versicolor (Richardson, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=310967 on 2025-11-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophichthus cyclorhinus Fraser-Brunner, 1934) Fraser-Brunner, A. (1934). A new species of eel of the genus Ophichthus Ahl. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10).</em> 13(76): 465-468. [details]
original description (of Ophisurus versicolor Richardson, 1848) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Ophisurus versicolor Richardson, 1848) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Elapsopis cyclorhinus (Fraser-Brunner, 1934))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophichthus cyclorhinus Fraser-Brunner, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Elapsopis versicolor (Richardson, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus versicolor Richardson, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Elapsopsis versicolor (Richardson, 1848))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leiuranus versicolor)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclophichthys cyclorhinus (Fraser-Brunner, 1934))
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclophichthys versicolor (Richardson, 1848))
To FishBase (from synonym Elapsopsis versicolor (Richardson, 1848))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Elapsopis cyclorhinus (Fraser-Brunner, 1934))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus versicolor Richardson, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus cyclorhinus Fraser-Brunner, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Elapsopis versicolor (Richardson, 1848))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus versicolor Richardson, 1848)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leiuranus versicolor FIN031541 Slide 120 mm)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophichthus cyclorhinus Fraser-Brunner, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Elapsopis versicolor (Richardson, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophisurus versicolor Richardson, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Elapsopsis versicolor (Richardson, 1848))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leiuranus versicolor)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclophichthys cyclorhinus (Fraser-Brunner, 1934))
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclophichthys versicolor (Richardson, 1848))
To FishBase (from synonym Elapsopsis versicolor (Richardson, 1848))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Elapsopis cyclorhinus (Fraser-Brunner, 1934))
To FishBase (from synonym Ophisurus versicolor Richardson, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthus cyclorhinus Fraser-Brunner, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Elapsopis versicolor (Richardson, 1848))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Ophisurus versicolor Richardson, 1848)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leiuranus versicolor FIN031541 Slide 120 mm)
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