WoRMS taxon details

Parascolopsis townsendi Boulenger, 1901

214691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214691)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Nemipteridae (Family)
  12. Parascolopsis (Genus)
  13. Parascolopsis townsendi (Species)
accepted
Species
Parascolopsis Boulenger, 1901
Parascolopsis Boulenger, 1901
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Boulenger, G. A. (1901). On some deep-sea fishes collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend in the sea of Oman. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 7 (no. 39) (art. 32): 261-263, Pl. 6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930108678467 [details] 
Description Occurs on sand or mud bottoms in offshore waters. Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates.  
Description Occurs on sand or mud bottoms in offshore waters. Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Parascolopsis townsendi Boulenger, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214691 on 2026-07-09
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Boulenger, G. A. (1901). On some deep-sea fishes collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend in the sea of Oman. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 7 (no. 39) (art. 32): 261-263, Pl. 6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930108678467 [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] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Occurs on sand or mud bottoms in offshore waters. Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates. [details]
    Definitions

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English scaly dwarf monocle bream  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scolopsis townsendi (Boulenger, 1901))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Scolopsis townsendi (Boulenger, 1901))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To ITIS

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