WoRMS taxon details
Macrourus holotrachys Günther, 1878
234831 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234831)
accepted
Species
Coryphaenoides holotrachys (Günther, 1878) · unaccepted
Macrurus holotrachys Günther, 1878 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937808682376 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Macrourus holotrachys Günther, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234831 on 2026-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937808682376 [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 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
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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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bigeye grenadier | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (62 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Macrurus holotrachys Günther, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides holotrachys (Günther, 1878))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrourus holotrachys)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides holotrachys (Günther, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus holotrachys Günther, 1878)
To FishBase
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NHMUK collection (Macrurus holotrachys Günther, 1878; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3112694) (from synonym Macrurus holotrachys Günther, 1878)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Macrurus holotrachys Günther, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides holotrachys (Günther, 1878))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrourus holotrachys)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides holotrachys (Günther, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus holotrachys Günther, 1878)
To FishBase
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NHMUK collection (Macrurus holotrachys Günther, 1878; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3112694) (from synonym Macrurus holotrachys Günther, 1878)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
