WoRMS taxon details
Leptostomias bilobatus (Koefoed, 1956)
275154 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275154)
accepted
Species
Melanostomias bilobatus Koefoed, 1956 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Melanostomias bilobatus Koefoed, 1956) Koefoed, E. (1956). Isospondyli. 1. Gymnophotodermi and Lepidophotodermi from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910. <em>Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition.</em> 1910 v. 4 (pt 2, no. 5): 1-23, Pls. 1-3. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Leptostomias bilobatus (Koefoed, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275154 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Melanostomias bilobatus Koefoed, 1956) Koefoed, E. (1956). Isospondyli. 1. Gymnophotodermi and Lepidophotodermi from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910. <em>Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition.</em> 1910 v. 4 (pt 2, no. 5): 1-23, Pls. 1-3. [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 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 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 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]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptostomias bilobatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Melanostomias bilobatus Koefoed, 1956)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Melanostomias bilobatus Koefoed, 1956)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leptostomias bilobatus RAD113726-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leptostomias bilobatus RAD113727-001)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptostomias bilobatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Melanostomias bilobatus Koefoed, 1956)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Melanostomias bilobatus Koefoed, 1956)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leptostomias bilobatus RAD113726-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leptostomias bilobatus RAD113727-001)
To ITIS