WoRMS taxon details
Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch, 1786)
159459 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159459)
accepted
Species
Aspidophoroides bartoni Gilbert, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
Aspidophoroides borealis Valenciennes, 1841 · unaccepted
Aspidophoroides groenlandicus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Aspidophoroides tranquebar Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted
Cottus indicus Bonnaterre, 1788 · unaccepted
Cottus monopterygius Bloch, 1786 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cottus monopterygius Bloch, 1786) Bloch, M. E. (1786). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 2: i-viii + 1-160, Pls. 145-180.
page(s): 156, Pl. 178 (figs. 1-2) [details]
page(s): 156, Pl. 178 (figs. 1-2) [details]
Distribution Western Greenland and Labrador to Cape Cod
Distribution Western Greenland and Labrador to Cape Cod [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159459 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cottus indicus Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 68, Pl. 87 (fig. 367) [details]
original description (of Cottus monopterygius Bloch, 1786) Bloch, M. E. (1786). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 2: i-viii + 1-160, Pls. 145-180.
page(s): 156, Pl. 178 (figs. 1-2) [details]
original description (of Aspidophoroides tranquebar Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 227, 228 [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. (1976). Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 106 p. [details]
page(s): 68, Pl. 87 (fig. 367) [details]
original description (of Cottus monopterygius Bloch, 1786) Bloch, M. E. (1786). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 2: i-viii + 1-160, Pls. 145-180.
page(s): 156, Pl. 178 (figs. 1-2) [details]
original description (of Aspidophoroides tranquebar Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 227, 228 [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. (1976). Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 106 p. [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 (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on crustaceans and copepods [details]Distribution Western Greenland and Labrador to Cape Cod [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found in coastal waters over sandy and muddy bottoms. [details]
Predators Bony fishes such as cod, haddock and halibut [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Atlantic alligatorfishalligatorfishAleutian alligatorfish | [details] |
| French | poisson-alligator atlantique | [details] |
| Japanese | タテトクビレ | [details] |
| Russian | щитонос тихоокеанский (Бартона)Тихоокеанская одноперая лисичка | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Aspidophoroides bartoni Gilbert, 1896)
To Barcode of Life (46 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Aspidophoroides tranquebar Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Aspidophoroides groenlandicus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Aspidophoroides borealis Valenciennes, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cottus indicus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Aspidophoroides bartoni Gilbert, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Cottus monopterygius Bloch, 1786)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (91 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aspidophoroides bartoni) (from synonym Aspidophoroides bartoni Gilbert, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aspidophoroides monopterygius)
To FishBase (from synonym Aspidophoroides bartoni Gilbert, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus indicus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus monopterygius Bloch, 1786)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Aspidophoroides groenlandicus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Aspidophoroides tranquebar Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Aspidophoroides borealis Valenciennes, 1841)
To FishBase images (Aspidophoroides monopterygius, Canada, by Garazo Fabregat, A.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Aspidophoroides bartoni Gilbert, 1896)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Cottus monopterygius Bloch, 1786)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aspidophoroides monopterygius P01311 illustration)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (46 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Aspidophoroides tranquebar Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Aspidophoroides groenlandicus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Aspidophoroides borealis Valenciennes, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cottus indicus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Aspidophoroides bartoni Gilbert, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Cottus monopterygius Bloch, 1786)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (91 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aspidophoroides bartoni) (from synonym Aspidophoroides bartoni Gilbert, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aspidophoroides monopterygius)
To FishBase (from synonym Aspidophoroides bartoni Gilbert, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus indicus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus monopterygius Bloch, 1786)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Aspidophoroides groenlandicus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Aspidophoroides tranquebar Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Aspidophoroides borealis Valenciennes, 1841)
To FishBase images (Aspidophoroides monopterygius, Canada, by Garazo Fabregat, A.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Aspidophoroides bartoni Gilbert, 1896)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Cottus monopterygius Bloch, 1786)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aspidophoroides monopterygius P01311 illustration)
To ITIS
