MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856

WoRMS taxon details

Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856

AphiaID

125649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125649)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophichthinae Günther, 1870

Synonymised names

Pisodonphis · unaccepted (misspelling)

Pisodontophis · unaccepted (misspelling)

Pisonodophis · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Pisoodonophis · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848)
Species Pisodonophis copelandi Herre, 1953
Species Pisodonophis daspilotus Gilbert, 1898
Species Pisodonophis hijala (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Pisodonophis hoevenii (Bleeker, 1853)
Species Pisodonophis hypselopterus (Bleeker, 1851)
Species Pisodonophis sangjuensis Ji & Kim, 2011
Species Pisodonophis semicinctus (Richardson, 1848)
Species Pisodonophis assamensis Sen, 1986 accepted as Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Pisodonophis cancricorus (Richardson, 1848) accepted as Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848) (misspelling)
Species Pisodonophis cancrivorous (Richardson, 1848) accepted as Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848) (misspelling)
Species Pisodonophis chilkensis (Chaudhuri, 1916) accepted as Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848)
Species Pisodonophis cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896) accepted as Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Species Pisodonophis guttulatus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Myrichthys breviceps (Richardson, 1848)
Species Pisodonophis hoeveni (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Pisodonophis hoevenii (Bleeker, 1853)
Species Pisodonophis maculatus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker, 1854)
Species Pisodonophis oculatus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825)
Species Pisodonophis zophistius Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Ophichthus zophistius (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Kaup, J. J. (1856). Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 22: 41-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7083450 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125649 on 2025-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Kaup, J. J. (1856). Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 22: 41-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7083450 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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]