WoRMS taxon details
Gephyroberyx darwinii (Johnson, 1866)
126401 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126401)
accepted
Species
Gephyroberys darwinii (Johnson, 1866) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gephyroberyx darwini (Johnson, 1866) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gephyroberyx orbicularis Smith, 1947 · unaccepted
Gephyroberyx philippinus Fowler, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gephyroberyx robustus Danil'chenko, 1960 · unaccepted
Trachichthys darwini Johnson, 1866 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trachichthys darwinii Johnson, 1866 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trachichthys darwini Johnson, 1866) Johnson, J. Y. (1866). Description of Trachichthys darwinii, a new species of berycoid fish from Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866 (pt 2) (art. 3) (for 22 May 1866).</em> 311-315, Pl. 32. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: southern Scotian Shelf, Canada to Greater Antilles, western Caribbean, Panama and northern Gulf of Mexico
Distribution Western Atlantic: southern Scotian Shelf, Canada to Greater Antilles, western Caribbean, Panama and northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gephyroberyx darwinii (Johnson, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126401 on 2025-12-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gephyroberyx philippinus Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 85 (3032): 31-135. [details]
original description (of Gephyroberyx orbicularis Smith, 1947) Smith, J. L. B. (1947). New species and new records of fishes from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11).</em> v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77): 793-821. [details]
original description (of Trachichthys darwini Johnson, 1866) Johnson, J. Y. (1866). Description of Trachichthys darwinii, a new species of berycoid fish from Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866 (pt 2) (art. 3) (for 22 May 1866).</em> 311-315, Pl. 32. [details]
original description (of Trachichthys darwinii Johnson, 1866) Johnson, J. Y. (1866). Description of Trachichthys darwinii, a new species of berycoid fish from Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866 (pt 2) (art. 3) (for 22 May 1866).</em> 311-315, Pl. 32. [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]
original description (of Gephyroberyx orbicularis Smith, 1947) Smith, J. L. B. (1947). New species and new records of fishes from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11).</em> v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77): 793-821. [details]
original description (of Trachichthys darwini Johnson, 1866) Johnson, J. Y. (1866). Description of Trachichthys darwinii, a new species of berycoid fish from Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866 (pt 2) (art. 3) (for 22 May 1866).</em> 311-315, Pl. 32. [details]
original description (of Trachichthys darwinii Johnson, 1866) Johnson, J. Y. (1866). Description of Trachichthys darwinii, a new species of berycoid fish from Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866 (pt 2) (art. 3) (for 22 May 1866).</em> 311-315, Pl. 32. [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)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [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 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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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 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 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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Young feed on small shrimps and fish [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: southern Scotian Shelf, Canada to Greater Antilles, western Caribbean, Panama and northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Lives close to or on the bottom of the upper continental slope. Prefers hard substrates. [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery [details]
To Barcode of Life (51 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gephyroberyx philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Gephyroberyx darwini (Johnson, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Trachichthys darwini Johnson, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Trachichthys darwinii Johnson, 1866)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gephyroberyx darwinii)
To FishBase (from synonym Gephyroberyx orbicularis Smith, 1947)
To FishBase (from synonym Gephyroberyx robustus Danil'chenko, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachichthys darwinii Johnson, 1866)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gephyroberyx philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachichthys darwini Johnson, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Gephyroberys darwinii (Johnson, 1866))
To FishBase (from synonym Gephyroberyx darwini (Johnson, 1866))
To GenBank (55331 nucleotides; 72 proteins) (from synonym Gephyroberyx darwini (Johnson, 1866))
To GenBank (55331 nucleotides; 72 proteins) (from synonym Trachichthys darwini Johnson, 1866)
To GenBank (55331 nucleotides; 72 proteins)
To GenBank (55331 nucleotides; 72 proteins) (from synonym Trachichthys darwinii Johnson, 1866)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gephyroberyx darwinii USNM 405234 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gephyroberyx darwinii USNM 405887 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gephyroberyx philippinus P11335 illustration) (from synonym Gephyroberyx philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gephyroberyx philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Gephyroberyx darwini (Johnson, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Trachichthys darwini Johnson, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Trachichthys darwinii Johnson, 1866)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gephyroberyx darwinii)
To FishBase (from synonym Gephyroberyx orbicularis Smith, 1947)
To FishBase (from synonym Gephyroberyx robustus Danil'chenko, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachichthys darwinii Johnson, 1866)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gephyroberyx philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachichthys darwini Johnson, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Gephyroberys darwinii (Johnson, 1866))
To FishBase (from synonym Gephyroberyx darwini (Johnson, 1866))
To GenBank (55331 nucleotides; 72 proteins) (from synonym Gephyroberyx darwini (Johnson, 1866))
To GenBank (55331 nucleotides; 72 proteins) (from synonym Trachichthys darwini Johnson, 1866)
To GenBank (55331 nucleotides; 72 proteins)
To GenBank (55331 nucleotides; 72 proteins) (from synonym Trachichthys darwinii Johnson, 1866)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gephyroberyx darwinii USNM 405234 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gephyroberyx darwinii USNM 405887 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gephyroberyx philippinus P11335 illustration) (from synonym Gephyroberyx philippinus Fowler, 1938)
To PESI
To ITIS
