WoRMS taxon details
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode & Bean, 1879
159406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159406)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1879). Description of a new genus and species of fish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, from the south coast of New England. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 2 (no. 77): 205-209., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.2-77.205 [details] 
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to southern Florida, USA and Gulf of Mexico. Probably throughout the northern coast...
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to southern Florida, USA and Gulf of Mexico. Probably throughout the northern coast of South America and the Caribbean [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode & Bean, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159406 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1879). Description of a new genus and species of fish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, from the south coast of New England. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 2 (no. 77): 205-209., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.2-77.205 [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]
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 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 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
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds mainly on shrimp and crabs, but also takes fish, squid, bivalves and holothurians [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to southern Florida, USA and Gulf of Mexico. Probably throughout the northern coast of South America and the Caribbean [details]
Habitat Most common around 200 m, usually over mud or sand bottom and occasionally over rough bottom. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Importance Social- Minor Commercial, fishery and gamefish [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | tegelvis | [details] |
| English | tilefish | [details] |
| French | tile | [details] |
| Spanish | conejo amarillo | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps)
To FishBase
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps P15014 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps)
To FishBase
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps P15014 illustration)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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