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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBorostomias antarcticus (Lönnberg, 1905) 
AphiaID: 127334

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStomiiformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStomiidae (Family) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAstronesthinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBorostomias (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBorostomias Regan, 1908
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstronesthes antarcticus Lönnberg, 1905
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBorostomias macrophthalmoides Koefoed, 1956
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBorostomias macrophthalmus Regan & Trewavas, 1929
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBorostomias roulei Regan & Trewavas, 1929
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDiplolychnus bifilis Regan & Trewavas, 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]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorstraightline dragonfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth West Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPortuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNew Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSpanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (22 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Marine Species Identification Portal 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDiet Feeds on fishes and crustaceans  [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Greenland south to Bay of Biscay including western Mediterranean; elsewhere, Southern Ocean from 35°S to 65°S. [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat nektonic [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found to depths greater than 500 m in the day. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127334
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. (2014). Borostomias antarcticus (Lönnberg, 1905). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127334 on 2014-08-01
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