WoRMS taxon details
Icelinus filamentosus Gilbert, 1890
281136 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281136)
accepted
Species
Tarandichthys filamentosus (Gilbert, 1890) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gilbert, C. H. (1890). A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.13-797.49 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Icelinus filamentosus Gilbert, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281136 on 2026-02-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Gilbert, C. H. (1890). A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.13-797.49 [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | threadfin sculpin | [details] |
| French | icéline filamenteuse | [details] |
| Russian | Нитчатый ицелин | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Tarandichthys filamentosus (Gilbert, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Icelinus filamentosus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tarandichthys filamentosus (Gilbert, 1890))
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Icelinus filamentosus P13961 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Icelinus filamentosus P13961 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Tarandichthys filamentosus (Gilbert, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Icelinus filamentosus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tarandichthys filamentosus (Gilbert, 1890))
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Icelinus filamentosus P13961 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Icelinus filamentosus P13961 illustration)
To ITIS