WoRMS taxon details
Notoscopelus japonicus (Tanaka, 1908)
272727 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272727)
accepted
Species
Macrostoma quercinum japonicum Tanaka, 1908 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Macrostoma quercinum japonicum Tanaka, 1908) Tanaka, S. (1908). Notes on some rare fishes of Japan, with descriptions of two new genera and six new species. <em>Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo.</em> v. 23 (art. 13): 1-24, Pls. 1-2. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Notoscopelus japonicus (Tanaka, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272727 on 2025-11-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Macrostoma quercinum japonicum Tanaka, 1908) Tanaka, S. (1908). Notes on some rare fishes of Japan, with descriptions of two new genera and six new species. <em>Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo.</em> v. 23 (art. 13): 1-24, Pls. 1-2. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | japanese lanternfish | [details] |
| French | lanterne japonaise | [details] |
| Japanese | オオクチイワシ | [details] |
| Russian | Японский нотоскопел | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Macrostoma quercinum japonicum Tanaka, 1908)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Notoscopelus japonicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Macrostoma quercinum japonicum Tanaka, 1908)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Macrostoma quercinum japonicum Tanaka, 1908)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Macrostoma quercinum japonicum Tanaka, 1908)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Notoscopelus japonicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Macrostoma quercinum japonicum Tanaka, 1908)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Macrostoma quercinum japonicum Tanaka, 1908)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
