WoRMS taxon details
Heterophotus ophistoma Regan & Trewavas, 1929
158733 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158733)
accepted
Species
Heterophotus ophiostoma Regan & Trewavas, 1929 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Regan, C. T.; Trewavas E. (1929). The fishes of the families Astronesthidae and Chauliodontidae. <em>Danish Dana Expedition 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Oceanographical Reports.</em> v. 2 (no. 5): 1-39, Pls. 1-7. [details]
Distribution Bear Seamount to Brazil
Distribution Bear Seamount to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Heterophotus ophistoma Regan & Trewavas, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158733 on 2025-11-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Regan, C. T.; Trewavas E. (1929). The fishes of the families Astronesthidae and Chauliodontidae. <em>Danish Dana Expedition 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Oceanographical Reports.</em> v. 2 (no. 5): 1-39, Pls. 1-7. [details]
basis of record Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em> [details]
basis of record Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em> [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) Roper, C. F. E.; Gibbs, Jr., R. H.; Aron, W. (1970). Ocean Acre: An Interim Report. Report to the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory. [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 (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Bermuda) Roper, C. F. E.; Gibbs, Jr., R. H.; Aron, W. (1970). Ocean Acre: An Interim Report. Report to the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory. [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 (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Bear Seamount to Brazil [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オオトカゲハダカ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heterophotus ophistoma)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Heterophotus ophiostoma Regan & Trewavas, 1929)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Heterophotus ophistoma RAD113509-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Heterophotus ophistoma RAD113510-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heterophotus ophistoma)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Heterophotus ophiostoma Regan & Trewavas, 1929)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Heterophotus ophistoma RAD113509-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Heterophotus ophistoma RAD113510-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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