WoRMS taxon details
Eustomias obscurus Vaillant, 1884
127347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127347)
accepted
Species
Eustomias chabanaudi (Bailly, 1930) · unaccepted
Eustomias macrorhynchus Pappenheim, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eustomias proximus Welsh, 1923 · unaccepted
Eustomias zugmayeri Parr, 1927 · unaccepted
Pareustomias chabanaudi Bailly, 1930 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Filhol, H. (1884). Explorations sous-marines. Voyage du "Talisman.". <em>La Nature, Revue des Sciences et de leurs Applications.</em> 12(555): 119-122; 12(556): 134-138; 12(557): 147-151; 12(558): 161-164; 12(559): 182-186., available online at http://cnum.cnam.fr/CGI/fpage.cgi?4KY28.22/123/100/448/8/436 [details] 
Distribution 41.55°N south to Cuba, off Puerto Rico, and off Brazil
Distribution 41.55°N south to Cuba, off Puerto Rico, and off Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Eustomias obscurus Vaillant, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127347 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Filhol, H. (1884). Explorations sous-marines. Voyage du "Talisman.". <em>La Nature, Revue des Sciences et de leurs Applications.</em> 12(555): 119-122; 12(556): 134-138; 12(557): 147-151; 12(558): 161-164; 12(559): 182-186., available online at http://cnum.cnam.fr/CGI/fpage.cgi?4KY28.22/123/100/448/8/436 [details]
original description (of Eustomias macrorhynchus Pappenheim, 1912) Pappenheim, P. (1914). II. Die Tiefseefische. <em>In: Die Fische der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> v. 15 (Zoologie v. 7). Pp. 161-200, Pls. 9-10. [details]
original description (of Eustomias proximus Welsh, 1923) Welsh, W. W. (1923). Seven new species of fish of the order Malacopterygii. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 62 (no. 2449): 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.62-2449.1 [details]
original description (of Eustomias zugmayeri Parr, 1927) Parr, A. E. (1927). The Stomiatoid fishes of the suborder Gymnophotodermi (Astronesthidae, Melanostomiatidae, Idiacanthidae) with a complete review of the species. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1927.). <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> v. 3 (art. 2): 1-123. [details]
original description (of Pareustomias chabanaudi Bailly, 1930) Bailly, P. (1930). Description d'un stomiatide nouveau de la région des Iles Canaries. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> 2 (4): 378-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52082678#page/396/mode/1up [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 Eustomias macrorhynchus Pappenheim, 1912) Pappenheim, P. (1914). II. Die Tiefseefische. <em>In: Die Fische der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> v. 15 (Zoologie v. 7). Pp. 161-200, Pls. 9-10. [details]
original description (of Eustomias proximus Welsh, 1923) Welsh, W. W. (1923). Seven new species of fish of the order Malacopterygii. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 62 (no. 2449): 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.62-2449.1 [details]
original description (of Eustomias zugmayeri Parr, 1927) Parr, A. E. (1927). The Stomiatoid fishes of the suborder Gymnophotodermi (Astronesthidae, Melanostomiatidae, Idiacanthidae) with a complete review of the species. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1927.). <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> v. 3 (art. 2): 1-123. [details]
original description (of Pareustomias chabanaudi Bailly, 1930) Bailly, P. (1930). Description d'un stomiatide nouveau de la région des Iles Canaries. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> 2 (4): 378-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52082678#page/396/mode/1up [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) Gibbs, R. H., Jr. (1971). Notes on fishes of the genus Eustomias (Stomiatoidei, Melanostomiatidae) in Bermuda waters, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 84(29): 235-244 [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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) Gibbs, R. H., Jr. (1971). Notes on fishes of the genus Eustomias (Stomiatoidei, Melanostomiatidae) in Bermuda waters, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 84(29): 235-244 [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 41.55°N south to Cuba, off Puerto Rico, and off Brazil [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat mesopelagic species [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Eustomias proximus Welsh, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Eustomias macrorhynchus Pappenheim, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eustomias obscurus)
To FishBase (from synonym Eustomias chabanaudi (Bailly, 1930))
To FishBase (from synonym Eustomias macrorhynchus Pappenheim, 1912)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Eustomias proximus Welsh, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Eustomias zugmayeri Parr, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Pareustomias chabanaudi Bailly, 1930)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Eustomias macrorhynchus Pappenheim, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eustomias obscurus)
To FishBase (from synonym Eustomias chabanaudi (Bailly, 1930))
To FishBase (from synonym Eustomias macrorhynchus Pappenheim, 1912)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Eustomias proximus Welsh, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Eustomias zugmayeri Parr, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Pareustomias chabanaudi Bailly, 1930)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
