WoRMS taxon details
Apristurus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905)
271352 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271352)
accepted
Species
Catulus spongiceps Gilbert, 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
Parapristurus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905) · unaccepted
Pentanchus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Catulus spongiceps Gilbert, 1905) Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apristurus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271352 on 2025-12-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Catulus spongiceps Gilbert, 1905) Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Parapristurus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pentanchus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Catulus spongiceps Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase (from synonym Catulus spongiceps Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pentanchus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905))
To FishBase (from synonym Parapristurus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905))
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Catulus spongiceps RAD109772-001) (from synonym Catulus spongiceps Gilbert, 1905)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Catulus spongiceps RAD109772-002) (from synonym Catulus spongiceps Gilbert, 1905)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pentanchus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Catulus spongiceps Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase (from synonym Catulus spongiceps Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pentanchus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905))
To FishBase (from synonym Parapristurus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905))
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Catulus spongiceps RAD109772-001) (from synonym Catulus spongiceps Gilbert, 1905)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Catulus spongiceps RAD109772-002) (from synonym Catulus spongiceps Gilbert, 1905)
To ITIS
