WoRMS taxon details
Xenodermichthys copei (Gill, 1884)
AphiaID: 126714
AphiaID: 126714
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Osmeriformes (Order) > Alepocephalidae (Family) > Xenodermichthys (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Xenodermichthys Günther, 1878 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Aleposomus copei Gill, 1884 Aleposomus cyaneus Zugmayer, 1914 Xenodermichthys socialis Vaillant, 1888 | |||||||||||||
| 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. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom 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: 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] from synonym: BIOCEAN, available online at http://www.ifremer.fr/biocean/ [details] [view taxon] 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] Gulf of Mexico [details] Madagascar [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 27 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Usually found near continental slopes. Feeds primarily on crustaceans (euphausids, copepods, amphipods and decapod zoea), also ostracods and small cephalopods. Spawning from September to November on or near the bottom (Ref. 4736). [details] Diet: Feeds primarily on crustaceans (euphausids, copepods, amphipods and decapod zoea), also ostracods and small cephalopods [details] Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: widely distributed, ranging north to Iceland in the eastern section [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Usually found near continental slopes. [details] Habitat: Epipelagic [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126714 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Xenodermichthys copei (Gill, 1884). 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=126714 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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