WoRMS taxon details
Polyipnus polli Schultz, 1961
127313 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127313)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schultz, L. P. (1961). Revision of the marine silver hatchetfishes (family Sternoptychidae). <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 112 (3449): 587-649., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.112-3449.587 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Polyipnus polli Schultz, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127313 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Schultz, L. P. (1961). Revision of the marine silver hatchetfishes (family Sternoptychidae). <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 112 (3449): 587-649., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.112-3449.587 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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 (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polyipnus polli)
To FishBase
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyipnus polli RAD115155-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyipnus polli RAD115156-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polyipnus polli)
To FishBase
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyipnus polli RAD115155-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyipnus polli RAD115156-001)
To PESI
To ITIS