WoRMS taxon details
Lampris immaculatus Gilchrist, 1904
234664 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234664)
accepted
Species
Lampris immaculata Gilchrist, 1904 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1904). Descriptions of new South African fishes. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 3: 1-16, Pls. 19-36. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lampris immaculatus Gilchrist, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234664 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1904). Descriptions of new South African fishes. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 3: 1-16, Pls. 19-36. [details]
original description (of Lampris immaculata Gilchrist, 1904) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1904). Descriptions of new South African fishes. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 3: 1-16, Pls. 19-36. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Lampris immaculata Gilchrist, 1904) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1904). Descriptions of new South African fishes. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 3: 1-16, Pls. 19-36. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 Koubbi, P., G. Duhamel & S. Pavoine. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Pisces. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramspisces.php [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Koubbi, P., G. Duhamel & S. Pavoine. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Pisces. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramspisces.php [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | southern opah | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lampris immaculata Gilchrist, 1904)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampris immaculatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampris immaculata Gilchrist, 1904)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Lampris immaculata Gilchrist, 1904)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lampris immaculata Gilchrist, 1904)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampris immaculatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampris immaculata Gilchrist, 1904)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Lampris immaculata Gilchrist, 1904)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
