Species details : Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837)

Accepted scientific name:
Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Ophiocara porocephala  (Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms:
Agonostoma darwiniense Macleay, 1878 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Agonostoma darwiniense Macleay, 1878
Eleotris limosus Smith, 1936 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Eleotris limosus Smith, 1936
Eleotris litoralis Day, 1876 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Eleotris litoralis Day, 1876
Eleotris madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1837 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Eleotris madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1837
Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837
Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837
Eleotris porocephalus Valenciennes, 1837 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Eleotris porocephalus Valenciennes, 1837
Eleotris scintillans Blyth, 1860 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Eleotris scintillans Blyth, 1860
Ophiocara aporos (non Bleeker, 1854) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Ophiocara aporos (non Bleeker, 1854)
Ophiocara darwiniensis (Macleay, 1878) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophiocara darwiniensis (Macleay, 1878)
Ophiocara limosus (Smith, 1936) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophiocara limosus (Smith, 1936)
Ophiocara porocaephala (Valenciennes, 1837) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophiocara porocaephala (Valenciennes, 1837)
Ophiocara porocephala darwiniense (Macleay, 1878) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophiocara porocephala darwiniense (Macleay, 1878)
Ophiocara procaephala (Valenciennes, 1837) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophiocara procaephala (Valenciennes, 1837)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Cabot marare - - Réunion Click here to show the literature
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Platkop-slaper - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Palú - Bikol Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Cabot des Seychelles - Creole, French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Flathead sleeper - English India Click here to show the literature
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Flathead sleeper - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Northern mud gudgeon - English Australia(Cooktown, Queensland) Click here to show the literature
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Spangled gudgeon - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Spangled sleeper - English - Click here to show the literature
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Käärmeenpäätorkkuja - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Bichique - French Seychelles Click here to show the literature
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Schlangenkopfschläfergrundel - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Hoshimadarahaze - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Beloso - Javanese Indonesia(Java) Click here to show the literature
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Ploso - Javanese Indonesia(Java) Click here to show the literature
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Payangka - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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头孔塘鳢 Tou kong tang li Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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頭孔塘鱧 Tou kong tang li Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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頭孔塘鱧 Tou kong tang li Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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Ofiokara - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Buhua-ngu - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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บู่หัวงู - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Matapolo - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Paku - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Eleotridae FishBase
Genus Ophiocara FishBase
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Philippines, north to the Ryukyu Islands (Ref. 559), south to Australia and New Caledonia (Ref. 13235).
Lifezones: Brackish,freshwater,marine
Additional data: In Cuvier & Valenciennes.
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=10023
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd862b50-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401