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Species Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844

Onegill Eel, One-gilled Eel

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20 April 2011 - Dianne J. Bray, Douglass F. Hoese & Jennifer E. Gates

Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, J. 1844. Apodal fishes of Bengal. Journal of Natural History. Calcutta 5(18): 151-226 pls 5-14 [197, 200, pl. 11(1-2)].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1860.3.19.765, Bengal, India.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1860.3.19.766-775.
Subsequent designation references:
Rosen, D.E. & Greenwood, P.H. 1976. A fourth neotropical species of synbranchid eel and the phylogeny and systematics of synbranchiform fishes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 157(1): 5-69 figs 1-67 [51].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Goulburn Island, NT (11º30´S, 133º27´E) and Daintree River, QLD; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific, most records of this species are referable to O. guttulare, and Allen et al. (2002) cautioned that the QLD population of Ophisternon bengalense may represent a new species.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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IBRA

NT, Qld: Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal

Distribution References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [91]

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

General References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [174]

Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Arthington, A.H. 2004. Freshwater Fishes of North-eastern Australia. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 684 pp. [273]

Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Bird, J. 2000. Fishes of the dune fields of Cape Flattery, northern Queensland and other dune systems in north-eastern Australia. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 11(1): 65-74 [72] (as Ophisternon sp. due to identification uncertainties)

Common Name References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [174] (One-gilled Eel)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Onegill Eel)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-May-2011		20-May-2011	MODIFIED
		23-Apr-2011	MODIFIED