WoRMS taxon details
Desmodema lorum Rosenblatt & Butler, 1977
275872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275872)
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                    Species
                    
                        
                
                    
                marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
                    
            
            
                                                                    
            
                    
                
Rosenblatt, R. H.; Butler, J. L. (1977). The ribbonfish genus Desmodema, with the description of a new species (Pisces, Trachipteridae). <em>United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin.</em> 75 (4): 843-855. [details] 
                    
            
            
                                                                    
            
                    
                Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Desmodema lorum Rosenblatt & Butler, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275872 on 2025-11-04
                    
            
            
                                                
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Nomenclature
original description
Rosenblatt, R. H.; Butler, J. L. (1977). The ribbonfish genus Desmodema, with the description of a new species (Pisces, Trachipteridae). <em>United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin.</em> 75 (4): 843-855. [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 
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | whiptail ribbonfish | [details] | 
| Japanese | オキフリソデウオ | [details] | 
| Russian | Длиннохвостая десмодема | [details] | 
| Spanish | listoncillo látigo | [details] | 
            To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Desmodema lorum)
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Desmodema lorum USNM 216726 Holotype radiograph head)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Desmodema lorum USNM 216726 Holotype radiograph midsection)
To ITIS
        
    
                            
    
                    
                    
            To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Desmodema lorum)
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Desmodema lorum USNM 216726 Holotype radiograph head)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Desmodema lorum USNM 216726 Holotype radiograph midsection)
To ITIS