WoRMS taxon details
Bathypterois grallator (Goode & Bean, 1886)
AphiaID: 126343
AphiaID: 126343
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Aulopiformes (Order) > Ipnopidae (Family) > Bathypterois (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Bathypterois Günther, 1868 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Benthosaurus amblyops Bernard, 1958 Benthosaurus grallator Goode & Bean, 1886 Benthosaurus nilssoni (Nybelin, 1947) Skagerakia nilssoni Nybelin, 1947 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details] additional source: Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: 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. [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 7 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Classification: In family Chlorophthalmidae in Fishbase 96 [details] Description: Found on lower slope, continental rise and oceanic ridges. Solitary. Perches on substrate with the aid of specialized finrays (tripod), facing the current. Feeds on nektonic copepods and other small planktonic crustaceans. Synchronously hermaphroditic (Ref. 6688). [details] Diet: Feeds on copepods and other small crustaceans [details] Distribution: 39.1°N to Gulf of Mexico including Caribbean and along Rio Grande Rise [details] Habitat: Found on lower slope, continental rise and oceanic ridges. Solitary. Perches on substrate with the aid of specialized finrays (tripod), facing the current. [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Reproduction: Hermaphroditic [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126343 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Bathypterois grallator (Goode & Bean, 1886). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126343 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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