WoRMS taxon details
Lophodolos acanthognathus Regan, 1925
126567 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126567)
accepted
Species
Lophodolus acanthognathus Regan, 1925 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lophodolus lyra Beebe, 1932 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Regan, C.T. (1925). New ceratioid fishes from the N. Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Panama, collected by the 'Dana.'. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.</em> (Ser. 9), 15(89):561-567., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633247 [details]
Distribution tropical to temperate parts of all oceans; as far north as 43°N
Distribution tropical to temperate parts of all oceans; as far north as 43°N [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lophodolos acanthognathus Regan, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126567 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Regan, C.T. (1925). New ceratioid fishes from the N. Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Panama, collected by the 'Dana.'. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.</em> (Ser. 9), 15(89):561-567., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633247 [details]
original description (of Lophodolus lyra Beebe, 1932) Beebe, W. (1932). Nineteen new species and four post-larval deep-sea fish. <em>Zoologica.</em> 13(4): 47-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203730 [details] Available for editors
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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 Lophodolus lyra Beebe, 1932) Beebe, W. (1932). Nineteen new species and four post-larval deep-sea fish. <em>Zoologica.</em> 13(4): 47-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203730 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
context source (Bermuda) Mead, G. W. (1958). A catalog of the type specimens of fishes formerly in the collections of the department of tropical research, New York Zoological Society (Bermuda References). Zoologica, 43: 131-134, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203381 [details]
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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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]
context source (Bermuda) Mead, G. W. (1958). A catalog of the type specimens of fishes formerly in the collections of the department of tropical research, New York Zoological Society (Bermuda References). Zoologica, 43: 131-134, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203381 [details]
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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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
Unreviewed
Distribution tropical to temperate parts of all oceans; as far north as 43°N [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Reaches depths greater than 1,500 m and probably not uncommon below 650 m. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | whalehead dreamer | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lophodolus lyra Beebe, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lophodolus acanthognathus Regan, 1925)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lophodolos acanthognathus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lophodolus acanthognathus Regan, 1925)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophodolus lyra Beebe, 1932)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lophodolus lyra Beebe, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lophodolus acanthognathus Regan, 1925)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lophodolos acanthognathus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lophodolus acanthognathus Regan, 1925)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophodolus lyra Beebe, 1932)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
