WoRMS taxon details
Chirostomias pliopterus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
127339 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127339)
accepted
Species
Chirostomias lucidimanus Beebe, 1932 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Regan, C. T.; Trewavas E. (1930). The fishes of the families Stomiatidae and Malacosteidae. <em>Danish Dana Expedition 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Oceanographical Reports.</em> 2(6): 1-143, Pls. 1-14. [details]
Distribution Scotian shelf southward to about lat 20°N
Distribution Scotian shelf southward to about lat 20°N [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chirostomias pliopterus Regan & Trewavas, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127339 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Regan, C. T.; Trewavas E. (1930). The fishes of the families Stomiatidae and Malacosteidae. <em>Danish Dana Expedition 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Oceanographical Reports.</em> 2(6): 1-143, Pls. 1-14. [details]
original description (of Chirostomias lucidimanus Beebe, 1932) Beebe, W. (1932). Nineteen new species and four post-larval deep-sea fish. <em>Zoologica.</em> 13(4): 47-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203730 [details] Available for editors
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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]
original description (of Chirostomias lucidimanus Beebe, 1932) Beebe, W. (1932). Nineteen new species and four post-larval deep-sea fish. <em>Zoologica.</em> 13(4): 47-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203730 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
context source (Bermuda) Roper, C. F. E.; Gibbs, Jr., R. H.; Aron, W. (1970). Ocean Acre: An Interim Report. Report to the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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]
context source (Bermuda) Roper, C. F. E.; Gibbs, Jr., R. H.; Aron, W. (1970). Ocean Acre: An Interim Report. Report to the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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
Distribution Scotian shelf southward to about lat 20°N [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat mesopelagic species [details]
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chirostomias pliopterus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chirostomias lucidimanus Beebe, 1932)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chirostomias pliopterus RAD113687-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chirostomias pliopterus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chirostomias lucidimanus Beebe, 1932)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chirostomias pliopterus RAD113687-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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