WoRMS taxon details
Einara macrolepis (Koefoed, 1927)
126701 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126701)
accepted
Species
Alepocephalus macrolepis Koefoed, 1927 · unaccepted
Asquamiceps macrolepis (Koefoed, 1927) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alepocephalus macrolepis Koefoed, 1927) Koefoed, E. (1927). Fishes from the sea-bottom. <em>Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910.</em> v. 4 (pt 1): 1-148, Pls. 1-6. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Einara macrolepis (Koefoed, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126701 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Alepocephalus macrolepis Koefoed, 1927) Koefoed, E. (1927). Fishes from the sea-bottom. <em>Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910.</em> v. 4 (pt 1): 1-148, Pls. 1-6. [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Alepocephalus macrolepis Koefoed, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Asquamiceps macrolepis (Koefoed, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus macrolepis Koefoed, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Asquamiceps macrolepis (Koefoed, 1927))
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Alepocephalus macrolepis Koefoed, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Asquamiceps macrolepis (Koefoed, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus macrolepis Koefoed, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Asquamiceps macrolepis (Koefoed, 1927))
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS