WoRMS name details
Cyttopsis roseus (Lowe, 1843)
159433 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159433)
unaccepted (misspelling)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Zeus roseus Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [details]
Description Found in deep midwater or near the bottom; abundant in 330-690 m depth (Ref. 7251). Forms schools. Feeds on other fishes...
Description Found in deep midwater or near the bottom; abundant in 330-690 m depth (Ref. 7251). Forms schools. Feeds on other fishes and swimming decapod crustaceans (Ref. 4968). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cyttopsis roseus (Lowe, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159433 on 2025-12-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Zeus roseus Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in deep midwater or near the bottom; abundant in 330-690 m depth (Ref. 7251). Forms schools. Feeds on other fishes and swimming decapod crustaceans (Ref. 4968). [details]