WoRMS taxon details
Akarotaxis nudiceps (Waite, 1916)
234600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234600)
accepted
Species
Bathydraco nudiceps Waite, 1916 · unaccepted
Bathydraco wohlschlagi DeWitt & Tyler, 1960 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bathydraco nudiceps Waite, 1916) Waite, E. R. (1916). Fishes. <em>In: Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-1914.</em> Sci. Rept., Ser. C.--Zool. & Bot. Adelaide. Scientific Report, Australasian Antarctic Expedition v. 3 (pt 1): 1-92, Pls. 1-5, 2 maps. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Akarotaxis nudiceps (Waite, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234600 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bathydraco nudiceps Waite, 1916) Waite, E. R. (1916). Fishes. <em>In: Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-1914.</em> Sci. Rept., Ser. C.--Zool. & Bot. Adelaide. Scientific Report, Australasian Antarctic Expedition v. 3 (pt 1): 1-92, Pls. 1-5, 2 maps. [details]
original description (of Bathydraco wohlschlagi DeWitt & Tyler, 1960) DeWitt, H. H.; Tyler, J.-C. (1960). Fishes of the Stanford Antarctic Biological Research Program, 1958-1959. <em>Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin.</em> 7 (4): 162-199. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Bathydraco wohlschlagi DeWitt & Tyler, 1960) DeWitt, H. H.; Tyler, J.-C. (1960). Fishes of the Stanford Antarctic Biological Research Program, 1958-1959. <em>Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin.</em> 7 (4): 162-199. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Koubbi, P., G. Duhamel & S. Pavoine. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Pisces. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramspisces.php [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Koubbi, P., G. Duhamel & S. Pavoine. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Pisces. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramspisces.php [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Bathydraco nudiceps Waite, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Akarotaxis nudiceps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathydraco nudiceps Waite, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Bathydraco wohlschlagi DeWitt & Tyler, 1960)
To GenBank (83203 nucleotides; 56 proteins) (from synonym Bathydraco nudiceps Waite, 1916)
To GenBank (83203 nucleotides; 56 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Bathydraco nudiceps Waite, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Akarotaxis nudiceps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathydraco nudiceps Waite, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Bathydraco wohlschlagi DeWitt & Tyler, 1960)
To GenBank (83203 nucleotides; 56 proteins) (from synonym Bathydraco nudiceps Waite, 1916)
To GenBank (83203 nucleotides; 56 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS