WoRMS taxon details
Notacanthus sexspinis Richardson, 1846
221411 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221411)
                    accepted
                    
                        
                
                    Species
                    
                        
                Gigliolia moseleyi Goode & Bean, 1895 · unaccepted
Notacanthus annectens Boulenger, 1903 · unaccepted
Notacanthus moseleyi (Goode & Bean, 1895) · unaccepted (synonym)
Notacanthus sexpinnis Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Notacanthus sexspinus Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Notocanthus sexspinnis Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted (misspelling)
                    
                marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
                    
            
            
                                                                    
            
                    
                
Richardson, J. (1844). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.):. <em>The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [details] 
                    
            
            
                                                                    
            
                    
                Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Notacanthus sexspinis Richardson, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221411 on 2025-11-04
                    
            
            
                                                
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Nomenclature
original description
Richardson, J. (1844). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.):. <em>The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [details] 
original description (of Notacanthus annectens Boulenger, 1903) Boulenger, G. A. (1903). Descriptions of two new deep-sea fishes from South Africa. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 1902, v. 2 (no. 11): 167-169, Pls. 11-12. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Notacanthus annectens Boulenger, 1903) Boulenger, G. A. (1903). Descriptions of two new deep-sea fishes from South Africa. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 1902, v. 2 (no. 11): 167-169, Pls. 11-12. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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] 
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 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]
                    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 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 
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
        
            To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Notacanthus sexspinus Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Notacanthus sexpinnis Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Notacanthus annectens Boulenger, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Notacanthus moseleyi (Goode & Bean, 1895))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Gigliolia moseleyi Goode & Bean, 1895)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Notacanthus sexspinis)
To FishBase (from synonym Notacanthus annectens Boulenger, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Gigliolia moseleyi Goode & Bean, 1895)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Notacanthus sexpinnis Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Notacanthus sexspinus Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Notocanthus sexspinnis Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Notacanthus moseleyi (Goode & Bean, 1895))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To ITIS
        
    
                    
                    
                    
            To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Notacanthus sexspinus Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Notacanthus sexpinnis Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Notacanthus annectens Boulenger, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Notacanthus moseleyi (Goode & Bean, 1895))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Gigliolia moseleyi Goode & Bean, 1895)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Notacanthus sexspinis)
To FishBase (from synonym Notacanthus annectens Boulenger, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Gigliolia moseleyi Goode & Bean, 1895)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Notacanthus sexpinnis Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Notacanthus sexspinus Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Notocanthus sexspinnis Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Notacanthus moseleyi (Goode & Bean, 1895))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To ITIS