WoRMS taxon details
Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
217681 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217681)
accepted
Species
Benthosema fibulata (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Benthosema pinchoti Fowler, 1932 · unaccepted (synonym)
Myctophum fibulatum Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 · unaccepted
Myctophum hollandi Jordan & Jordan, 1922 · unaccepted
Myctophum renschi Ahl, 1929 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Myctophum fibulatum Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) Gilbert, C. H.; Cramer, F. (1897). Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217681 on 2025-09-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Benthosema pinchoti Fowler, 1932) Fowler, H. W. (1932). The fishes obtained by the Pinchot South Seas Expedition of 1929, with description of one new genus and three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 80(2906): 1-16. [details]
original description (of Myctophum fibulatum Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) Gilbert, C. H.; Cramer, F. (1897). Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48. [details]
original description (of Myctophum hollandi Jordan & Jordan, 1922) Jordan, D. S.; Jordan, E. K. (1922). A list of the fishes of Hawaii, with notes and descriptions of new species. <em>Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum.</em> 10 (1): 1-92, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Myctophum renschi Ahl, 1929) Ahl, E. (1929). Zur Kenntnis der Leuchtfishe der Gattung Myctophum. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 81 (7/10) (3): 194-197. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Myctophum fibulatum Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) Gilbert, C. H.; Cramer, F. (1897). Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48. [details]
original description (of Myctophum hollandi Jordan & Jordan, 1922) Jordan, D. S.; Jordan, E. K. (1922). A list of the fishes of Hawaii, with notes and descriptions of new species. <em>Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum.</em> 10 (1): 1-92, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Myctophum renschi Ahl, 1929) Ahl, E. (1929). Zur Kenntnis der Leuchtfishe der Gattung Myctophum. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 81 (7/10) (3): 194-197. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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]
context source (Bermuda) Karnella, C. (1987). Family Myctophidae, lanternfishes In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. , (452): 51-168 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (Bermuda) Karnella, C. (1987). Family Myctophidae, lanternfishes In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. , (452): 51-168 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Benthosema pinchoti Fowler, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Myctophum fibulatum Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Myctophum hollandi Jordan & Jordan, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Benthosema fibulatum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Benthosema pinchoti Fowler, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum renschi Ahl, 1929)
To FishBase (from synonym Benthosema fibulata (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897))
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum fibulatum Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum hollandi Jordan & Jordan, 1922)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Myctophum fibulatum Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Benthosema pinchoti P01751 illustration) (from synonym Benthosema pinchoti Fowler, 1932)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Benthosema pinchoti Fowler, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Myctophum fibulatum Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Myctophum hollandi Jordan & Jordan, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Benthosema fibulatum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Benthosema pinchoti Fowler, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum renschi Ahl, 1929)
To FishBase (from synonym Benthosema fibulata (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897))
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum fibulatum Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum hollandi Jordan & Jordan, 1922)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Myctophum fibulatum Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Benthosema pinchoti P01751 illustration) (from synonym Benthosema pinchoti Fowler, 1932)
To ITIS
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