Accepted scientific name:
Menticirrhus ophicephalus (Jenyns, 1840) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Menticirrhus ophicephalus (Jenyns, 1840)
Synonyms:
Menticirrhus cokeri Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Menticirrhus cokeri Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917
Umbrina ophicephala Jenyns, 1840 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Umbrina ophicephala Jenyns, 1840
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Slangehoved-trommefisk Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Mismis kingcroaker English Peru Click here to show the literature
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Snakehead kingcroaker English Peru Click here to show the literature
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Snakehead kingcroaker English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Bourrugue serpent French France Click here to show the literature
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科氏无鳔石首鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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科氏無鰾石首魚 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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蛇首无鳔石首鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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蛇首無鰾石首魚 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Bobo Spanish Ecuador Click here to show the literature
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Bobo Spanish Peru Click here to show the literature
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Lambe mismis Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Miscuy Spanish Peru Click here to show the literature
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Misho Spanish Peru Click here to show the literature
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Mismis Spanish Peru Click here to show the literature
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Pichiguen Spanish Chile Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Sciaenidae
Genus Menticirrhus
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Ecuador and Peru.
Additional data: Year from Eschmeyer, pers. comm.
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2011
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: -
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=12968
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:404f007a-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:col20110201