WoRMS taxon details
Bathophilus digitatus (Welsh, 1923)
127330 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127330)
accepted
Species
Bathophilus longipes Regan & Trewavas, 1930 · unaccepted
Dactylostomias digitatus Welsh, 1923 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dactylostomias digitatus Welsh, 1923) Welsh, W. W. (1923). Seven new species of fish of the order Malacopterygii. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 62 (no. 2449): 1-11. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bathophilus digitatus (Welsh, 1923). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127330 on 2025-07-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dactylostomias digitatus Welsh, 1923) Welsh, W. W. (1923). Seven new species of fish of the order Malacopterygii. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 62 (no. 2449): 1-11. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | チヒロホシエソ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bathophilus longipes Regan & Trewavas, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dactylostomias digitatus Welsh, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathophilus digitatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathophilus longipes Regan & Trewavas, 1930)
To FishBase (from synonym Dactylostomias digitatus Welsh, 1923)
To FishBase images (Bathophilus digitatus, by SFSA)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Dactylostomias digitatus Welsh, 1923)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Bathophilus longipes Regan & Trewavas, 1930)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dactylostomias digitatus P04082 illustration) (from synonym Dactylostomias digitatus Welsh, 1923)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bathophilus longipes Regan & Trewavas, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dactylostomias digitatus Welsh, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathophilus digitatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathophilus longipes Regan & Trewavas, 1930)
To FishBase (from synonym Dactylostomias digitatus Welsh, 1923)
To FishBase images (Bathophilus digitatus, by SFSA)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Dactylostomias digitatus Welsh, 1923)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Bathophilus longipes Regan & Trewavas, 1930)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dactylostomias digitatus P04082 illustration) (from synonym Dactylostomias digitatus Welsh, 1923)
To PESI
To ITIS
