WoRMS taxon details
Ipnopidae Gill, 1884
125444 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125444)
accepted
Family
Bathypteroidae Gill, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bathysauropsidae Sato & Nakabo, 2002 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Bathysauropsinae Sato & Nakabo, 2002 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ipnopinae Gill, 1884 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Bathymicrops Hjort & Koefoed, 1912
- Genus Bathypterois Günther, 1878
- Genus Bathysauropsis Regan, 1911
- Genus Bathytyphlops Nybelin, 1957
- Genus Discoverichthys Merrett & Nielsen, 1987
- Genus Ipnops Günther, 1878
- Genus Bathypoterois Günther, 1878 accepted as Bathypterois Günther, 1878 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Bathysaurops Regan, 1911 accepted as Bathysauropsis Regan, 1911 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Subfamily Bathysauropsinae Sato & Nakabo, 2002 accepted as Ipnopidae Gill, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Belonepterois Roule, 1915 accepted as Belonopterois Roule, 1916 accepted as Bathypterois Günther, 1878 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Belonopterois Roule, 1916 accepted as Bathypterois Günther, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Benthosaurus Goode & Bean, 1886 accepted as Bathypterois Günther, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Ipnoceps Fowler, 1943 accepted as Ipnops Günther, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Ipnopinae)
- Subfamily Ipnopinae Gill, 1884 accepted as Ipnopidae Gill, 1884 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Macristiella Berry & Robins, 1967 accepted as Bathytyphlops Nybelin, 1957 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Skagerakia Nybelin, 1947 accepted as Bathypterois Günther, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ipnopidae Gill, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125444 on 2026-08-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bathysauropsidae Sato & Nakabo, 2002) Sato, T.; Nakabo, T. (2002). Two new species of Paraulopus (Osteichthyes: Aulopiformes) from New Zealand and eastern Australia, and comparisons with P. nigripinni. <em>Species Diversity.</em> 7: 393-404., available online at https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.7.393 [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]
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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
