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Centrobranchus nigroocellatus (Günther, 1873) 
AphiaID: 126584

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Myctophiformes (Order) > Myctophidae (Family) > Centrobranchus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Centrobranchus Fowler, 1904
Synonymised
taxa
  Myctophum coccoi regularis Brauer, 1904
Myctophum nigro-ocellatum (Günther, 1873)
Scopelus nigroocellatus Günther, 1873
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]

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, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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 European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: USA to about 14°N, and from Brazil to Argentina [details]

Habitat: High-oceanic, epipelagic to mesopelagic, at 375-650 m by day (most common at 500 m); nyctoepipelagic at surface and down to 200 m. [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Reproduction: Spawns from January to April off Bermuda; oviparous with planktonic eggs and larvae  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126584
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). Centrobranchus nigroocellatus (Günther, 1873). 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=126584 on 2013-05-24
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