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Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Anguilliformes
family
Ophichthidae
genus
Myrichthys
species
Myrichthys ocellatus

Name

Synonyms
Muraenophis ocellata Lesueur, 1825
Myrichthys keckii Silvester, 1915
Myrichthys oculatus (Kaup, 1856)
Myrichttys oculatus (Kaup, 1856)
Ophichthus ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825)
Ophisurus latemaculatus Poey, 1867
Pisodonophis oculatus Kaup, 1856
Homonyms
Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825)
Common names
Dark-spotted Snake Eel in English
Falsa-moréia-ocelada in Portuguese
Goldenspotted Eel in English
Goldspotted Eel in English
Goldspotted Snake Eel in English
Kolebra pintá in language.
Moréia in Portuguese
Murucutuca-ocelada in Portuguese
Safio in Spanish
Safio Ocelado in Spanish
Serpentine ocellée in French
Slangaal in Dutch
Snake Eel in English
Tieso Ocelado in Spanish
goldspotted eel in English
goldspotted eel in English
goldspotted eel in English
hadař očkatý in Czech
miriquitis in Portuguese
miroró in Portuguese
palespotted eel in English
palespotted eel in English
safío ocelado in Spanish
safío ocelado in Spanish
tieso manchas doradas in Spanish
tieso manchas doradas in Spanish
tieso manchas doradas in Spanish
Goldspotted Eel in English
Goldspotted Eel in English
Dark-spotted Snake Eel in English
Goldenspotted Eel in English
Goldspotted Snake Eel in English
Kolebra pintá in language.
Moréia in Portuguese
Safio in Spanish
Safio Ocelado in Spanish
Safío Ocelado in Spanish
Snake Eel in English
Tieso Manchas Doradas in Spanish
Tieso Ocelado in Spanish
goldspotted eel in English
tieso manchas doradas in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Böhlke, E. B., J. E. Böhlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / Böhlke, Eugenia B., ed., 1989: Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 1. xvii + 1-656.
  2. Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds., 2001: Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 21-57.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  5. 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). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  6. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  7. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  8. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
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