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Gordiichthys leibyi McCosker & Böhlke, 1984

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
McCosker, J. E.; Böhlke, J. E. (1984). A review of the snake eel genera Gordiichthys and Ethadophis, with descriptions of new species and comments on related Atlantic bascanichthyins (Pisces: Ophichthidae). <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 136: 32-44.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Anguilliformes
family
Ophichthidae
genus
Gordiichthys
species
Gordiichthys leibyi

Name

Homonyms
Gordiichthys leibyi McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
Common names
Hadař leibyův in Czech
Leiby jõhvangerjas in Estonian
String eel in English
Tieso bobo in Spanish
string eel in English
tieso bobo in Spanish
利比氏結蛇鰻 in language.
利比氏结蛇鳗 in language.
String Eel in English
Tieso Bobo in Spanish
sooty eel in English
string eel in English
tieso bobo 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. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  3. Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
  4. McCosker, J. E.; Böhlke, J. E. (1984). A review of the snake eel genera Gordiichthys and Ethadophis, with descriptions of new species and comments on related Atlantic bascanichthyins (Pisces: Ophichthidae). <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 136: 32-44.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
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