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Eurypharynx pelecanoides Vaillant, 1882 
AphiaID: 127165

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Saccopharyngiformes (Order) > Eurypharyngidae (Family) > Eurypharynx (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Eurypharynx Vaillant, 1882
Synonymised
taxa
  Euripharynx pelecanoides Vaillant, 1882 (misspelling)
Eurypharynx richardi Roule, 1914
Gastrostomus bairdii Gill & Ryder, 1883
Gastrostomus pacificus Bean, 1904
Leptocephalus pseudolatissimus Bertin, 1936
Macropharynx longicaudatus Brauer, 1902
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]

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

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English pelican gulper  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [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 (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 74 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on crustaceans, fishes, cephalopods and other invertebrates  [details]

Habitat: Found at depths of 500- 7500 m. [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Reproduction: External fertilization; oviparous; planktonic eggs  [details]
Images 
Eurypharynx pelecanoides
Eurypharynx pelecanoides
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Eurypharynx pelecanoides
Eurypharynx pelecanoides
added on 2013-02-18 - author: Alexei Orlov ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127165
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). Eurypharynx pelecanoides Vaillant, 1882. 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=127165 on 2013-05-19
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