WoRMS taxon details
Aldrovandia rostrata (Günther, 1878)
272739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272739)
accepted
Species
Halosauropsis rostratus (Günther, 1878) · unaccepted
Halosaurus rostratus Günther, 1878 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Halosaurus rostratus Günther, 1878) Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937808682376 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Aldrovandia rostrata (Günther, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272739 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Halosaurus rostratus Günther, 1878) Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937808682376 [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Halosaurus rostratus Günther, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Halosauropsis rostratus (Günther, 1878))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aldrovandia rostrata)
To FishBase (from synonym Halosaurus rostratus Günther, 1878)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Halosauropsis rostratus (Günther, 1878))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Halosaurus rostratus Günther, 1878)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Halosaurus rostratus Günther, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Halosauropsis rostratus (Günther, 1878))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aldrovandia rostrata)
To FishBase (from synonym Halosaurus rostratus Günther, 1878)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Halosauropsis rostratus (Günther, 1878))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Halosaurus rostratus Günther, 1878)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
