WoRMS taxon details
Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929)
AphiaID: 126721
AphiaID: 126721
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Osmeriformes (Order) > Bathylagidae (Family) > Melanolagus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Melanolagus | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Bathylagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929) Bathylagus microcephalus Norman, 1930 Melamphaes bericoides (Borodin, 1929) Scopelus bericoides Borodin, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 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: 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] from synonym: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [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] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on plankton [details] Distribution: widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic; Reported as far north as 42.3833°. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Found at depths of 730- 850 m. [details] Reproduction: Oviparous, planktonic eggs and larvae [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126721 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929). 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=126721 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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