WoRMS taxon details
Himantolophus groenlandicus Reinhardt, 1837
126545 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126545)
accepted
Species
Corynolophus globosus Tanaka, 1918 · unaccepted
Himantolophus ranoides Barbour, 1942 · unaccepted
Himantolophus reinhardti Lütken, 1878 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Reinhardt, J.C.H. (1837). Ichthyologiske bidrag til den Grönlandske fauna. Indledning, indeholdende tillaeg og forandringer i den fabriciske fortegnelse paa Grönlandske hvirveldyr. <em>K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvid. Math. Afhandl.</em> 7: 83-196. [details]
Distribution Greenland to northern South America
Distribution Greenland to northern South America [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Himantolophus groenlandicus Reinhardt, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126545 on 2026-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Reinhardt, J.C.H. (1837). Ichthyologiske bidrag til den Grönlandske fauna. Indledning, indeholdende tillaeg og forandringer i den fabriciske fortegnelse paa Grönlandske hvirveldyr. <em>K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvid. Math. Afhandl.</em> 7: 83-196. [details]
original description (of Himantolophus ranoides Barbour, 1942) Barbour, T. (1942). More concerning ceratioid fishes. <em>Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club.</em> 21: 77-86, 9-15. [details]
original description (of Himantolophus reinhardti Lütken, 1878) Lütken, C. F. (1878). Til kundskab om to arktiske Slaegter af Dybhavs-Tudsefiske: Himantolophus og Ceratias. <em>Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling, Kjøbenhavn (Ser. 5).</em> v. 11 (no. 5): 307-348, Pls. 1-2. [French summary pp. 339-348]. [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 Himantolophus ranoides Barbour, 1942) Barbour, T. (1942). More concerning ceratioid fishes. <em>Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club.</em> 21: 77-86, 9-15. [details]
original description (of Himantolophus reinhardti Lütken, 1878) Lütken, C. F. (1878). Til kundskab om to arktiske Slaegter af Dybhavs-Tudsefiske: Himantolophus og Ceratias. <em>Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling, Kjøbenhavn (Ser. 5).</em> v. 11 (no. 5): 307-348, Pls. 1-2. [French summary pp. 339-348]. [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 Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [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). (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 Greenland to northern South America [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Found to depths of 830 m, males apparently do not attach themselves to females. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Atlantic football-fishAtlantic footballfish | [details] |
| French | football fine-lampe | [details] |
| Japanese | チョウチンアンコウ | [details] |
| Russian | Гимантолоф | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Himantolophus ranoides Barbour, 1942)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Corynolophus globosus Tanaka, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Himantolophus reinhardti Lütken, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Himantolophus groenlandicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Himantolophus ranoides Barbour, 1942)
To FishBase (from synonym Himantolophus reinhardti Lütken, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Corynolophus globosus Tanaka, 1918)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Himantolophus ranoides Barbour, 1942)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Corynolophus globosus Tanaka, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Himantolophus reinhardti Lütken, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Himantolophus groenlandicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Himantolophus ranoides Barbour, 1942)
To FishBase (from synonym Himantolophus reinhardti Lütken, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Corynolophus globosus Tanaka, 1918)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
