Species Leiuranus versicolor (Richardson, 1848)

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External Links

• Ophisurus versicolor Richardson, J. 1848. Ichthyology. 75-139 pls 42-43 & 44 (parts), 45-52, 53 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839–43. London : Smith, Elder & Co. Vol. 2 139 pp. [103].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Moluccas.
• Ophichthus cyclorhinus Fraser-Brunner, A. 1934. A new species of the eel genus Ophichthus Ahl. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 13(42): 465-468 1 fig. [466, fig.1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1933.8.12.13, Low Isles, QLD (as Low Island).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCosker, J.E. in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1–670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671–1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473–2178. [269]

 

Generic Combinations

• Elapsopis cyclorhinus (Fraser-Brunner, 1934). —
  Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [116] (changed combination cited)
• Cyclophichthys cyclorhinus (Fraser-Brunner, 1934). —
  Munro, I.S.R. 1957. Handbook of Australian Fishes. No. 11. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 16(5): 45-48 [Date published May] [47] (changed combination cited, treating Cyclopichthys as genus)
• Malvoliophis (Cyclophichthys) cyclorhinus (Fraser-Brunner, 1934). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1951. Studies in Ichthyology No. 15. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 389-408 figs 1-14 [392] (changed combination as type species of subgenus Cyclopichthys)
• Elapsopis versicolor (Richardson, 1848). —
  Kaup, J.J. 1856. Catalogue of Apodal Fish in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum 163 pp. 19 pls. [10] (changed combination)
• Leiuranus versicolor (Richardson, 1848). —
  Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [157] (changed combination cited)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Low Isles (16º23'S, 145º34'E) to Hervey Bay (25º54'S, 153º02'E), QLD, also Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, Tasman Sea; tropical, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, coral reef, inshore, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

1-50 m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [106]

McCosker, J.E. 1977. The osteology, classification, and relationships of the eel family Ophichthidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 41(1): 1-123 figs 1-45 [77] (as Elapsopis versicolor and tentatively as Elapsopis cyclorhinus)

McCosker, J.E., Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Gates, J.E. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Ophichthidae. pp. 264-277 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [269]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [47] (338, as Cyclophichthys cyclorhinus)

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [116] (as Elapsopis cyclorhinus and Elapsopis versicolor)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [36] (380, as Ophichthus versicolor and 375, as Malviolophis cyclorhinus)

 

Common Name References

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [19] (Convict Snake Eel)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	13-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
24-Sep-2011	ANGUILLIFORMES	24-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED