WoRMS taxon details
Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844
281912 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281912)
accepted
Species
Ophisternon bengalensis McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted
Ophisternon hepaticus McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Symbranchus bengalensis (McClelland, 1844) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Synbranchus bengalensis (McClelland, 1844) · unaccepted
Tetrabranchus microphthalmus Bleeker, 1851 · unaccepted
Tetrabranchus micropthalma Bleeker, 1851 · unaccepted (misspelling)
McClelland, J. (1844). Apodal fishes of Bengal. <em>Calcutta Journal of Natural History.</em> 5 (18): 151-226, Pls. 5-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40416874 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281912 on 2025-04-12
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Nomenclature
original description
McClelland, J. (1844). Apodal fishes of Bengal. <em>Calcutta Journal of Natural History.</em> 5 (18): 151-226, Pls. 5-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40416874 [details]
original description (of Tetrabranchus microphthalmus Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P. (1851). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Borneo, met beschrijving van eenige nieuwe soorten van zoetwatervisschen. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> 2 (1): 57-70. [details]
original description (of Tetrabranchus microphthalmus Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P. (1851). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Borneo, met beschrijving van eenige nieuwe soorten van zoetwatervisschen. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> 2 (1): 57-70. [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] 
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Ophisternon bengalensis McClelland, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Symbranchus bengalensis (McClelland, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tetrabranchus microphthalmus Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ophisternon hepaticus McClelland, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Synbranchus bengalensis (McClelland, 1844))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophisternon bengalense)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tetrabranchus microphthalmus Bleeker, 1851)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tetrabranchus micropthalma Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase images (Ophisternon bengalense, Sri Lanka, by Ramani Shirantha)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Ophisternon bengalensis McClelland, 1844)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophisternon bengalense RAD107725-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Ophisternon bengalensis McClelland, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Symbranchus bengalensis (McClelland, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tetrabranchus microphthalmus Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ophisternon hepaticus McClelland, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Synbranchus bengalensis (McClelland, 1844))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophisternon bengalense)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tetrabranchus microphthalmus Bleeker, 1851)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tetrabranchus micropthalma Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase images (Ophisternon bengalense, Sri Lanka, by Ramani Shirantha)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Ophisternon bengalensis McClelland, 1844)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophisternon bengalense RAD107725-001)
To ITIS
