WoRMS taxon details
Thalassobathia pelagica Cohen, 1963
126660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126660)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cohen, D. M. (1963). A new genus and species of bathypelagic ophidioid fish from the western North Atlantic. <em>Breviora.</em> No. 196: 1-8. [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic: two specimens between Ireland and Iceland and one from the Gulf of Guinea; reported from Greenland and...
Distribution Eastern Atlantic: two specimens between Ireland and Iceland and one from the Gulf of Guinea; reported from Greenland and Iceland. Northwest Atlantic: Georges Bank [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Thalassobathia pelagica Cohen, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126660 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Cohen, D. M. (1963). A new genus and species of bathypelagic ophidioid fish from the western North Atlantic. <em>Breviora.</em> No. 196: 1-8. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Roper, C. F. E.; Gibbs, Jr., R. H.; Aron, W. (1970). Ocean Acre: An Interim Report. Report to the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory. [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]
context source (Bermuda) Roper, C. F. E.; Gibbs, Jr., R. H.; Aron, W. (1970). Ocean Acre: An Interim Report. Report to the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory. [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
Unreviewed
Distribution Eastern Atlantic: two specimens between Ireland and Iceland and one from the Gulf of Guinea; reported from Greenland and Iceland. Northwest Atlantic: Georges Bank [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Uncommon species, living in close association with the large jellyfish, Stygiomedusa sp. [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalassobathia pelagica)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Thalassobathia pelagica, by Dolgov, A.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalassobathia pelagica)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Thalassobathia pelagica, by Dolgov, A.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
