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Bathypterois phenax Parr, 1928 
AphiaID: 126345

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
  Bathypoterois phenax Parr, 1928 (misspelling)
Bathypterois ater Gilchrist, 1906
Bathypterois atricolor phenax Parr, 1928
Sources  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]

basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS[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]

additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on benthopelagic plankton [details]

Distribution: Western Atlantic: at bathyal depths between latitude 40°N-5°N including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, and off southern Brazil [details]

Habitat: Common on mid and lower continental slope. Rests on the bottom with the use of elongated, stiffened outer pelvic and lower caudal finrays (tripod). [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Reproduction: Synchronously hermaphroditic  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126345
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Bathypterois phenax Parr, 1928. 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=126345 on 2013-05-22
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