WoRMS taxon details
Phucocoetes latitans Jenyns, 1842
282247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282247)
accepted
Species
Lycodes flavus Boulenger, 1900 · unaccepted
Phucocoetes platei (Steindachner, 1898) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jenyns, L. (1840-1842). Fish. <em>In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836.</em> London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i-xvi + 1-172, Pls. 1-29., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2344 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Phucocoetes latitans Jenyns, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282247 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Jenyns, L. (1840-1842). Fish. <em>In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836.</em> London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i-xvi + 1-172, Pls. 1-29., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2344 [details]
original description (of Lycodes flavus Boulenger, 1900) Boulenger, G. A. (1900). A list of the fishes collected by Mr. Rupert Vallentin in the Falkland Islands. With notes by the collector. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 6 (no. 31): 52-54., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930008678339 [details]
original description (of Lycodes flavus Boulenger, 1900) Boulenger, G. A. (1900). A list of the fishes collected by Mr. Rupert Vallentin in the Falkland Islands. With notes by the collector. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 6 (no. 31): 52-54., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930008678339 [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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Phucocoetes platei (Steindachner, 1898))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lycodes flavus Boulenger, 1900)
To FishBase (from synonym Phucocoetes platei (Steindachner, 1898))
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodes flavus Boulenger, 1900)
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Phucocoetes latitans Jenyns, 1842; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2502680)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Phucocoetes platei (Steindachner, 1898))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lycodes flavus Boulenger, 1900)
To FishBase (from synonym Phucocoetes platei (Steindachner, 1898))
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodes flavus Boulenger, 1900)
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Phucocoetes latitans Jenyns, 1842; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2502680)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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