WoRMS taxon details
Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832)
126866 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126866)
accepted
Species
Dicrotus armatus Günther, 1860 · unaccepted
Dicrotus parvipinnis Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted
Gempylus prometheus Cuvier, 1832 · unaccepted
Prometheus atlanticus Lowe, 1838 · unaccepted
Promethichthys pacificus Seale, 1906 · unaccepted
Promethychthis prometheus (Cuvier, 1832) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Promethycthus prometeus (Cuvier, 1832) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Promethycthus prometheus (Cuvier, 1832) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Prometichthys prometeus (Cuvier, 1832) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Prometichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Thyrsites ballieui Sauvage, 1882 · unaccepted
Thyrsites prometheus (Cuvier, 1832) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gempylus prometheus Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 213, Pl. 222 [details]
page(s): 213, Pl. 222 [details]
Description Found at continental slopes around oceanic islands and submarine rises. Migrates to midwater at night. Feeds on fish,...
Distribution Brazil to New England
Description Found at continental slopes around oceanic islands and submarine rises. Migrates to midwater at night. Feeds on fish, cephalopods and crustaceans. Reproduces throughout the year in warm waters (Ref. 9784). [details]
Distribution Brazil to New England
Distribution Brazil to New England [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126866 on 2025-06-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gempylus prometheus Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 213, Pl. 222 [details]
original description (of Promethichthys pacificus Seale, 1906) Seale, A. (1906). Fishes of the South Pacific. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 4(1): 1-89, pl. 1., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7122973 [details]
original description (of Thyrsites ballieui Sauvage, 1882) Sauvage, H.-E. (1882). Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 6: 168-176. [details]
original description (of Prometheus atlanticus Lowe, 1838) Lowe, R. T. (1838). A synopsis of the fishes of Madeira; with the principal synonyms, Portuguese names, and characters of the new genera and species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14): 173-200. [details]
original description (of Dicrotus armatus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [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]
page(s): 213, Pl. 222 [details]
original description (of Promethichthys pacificus Seale, 1906) Seale, A. (1906). Fishes of the South Pacific. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 4(1): 1-89, pl. 1., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7122973 [details]
original description (of Thyrsites ballieui Sauvage, 1882) Sauvage, H.-E. (1882). Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 6: 168-176. [details]
original description (of Prometheus atlanticus Lowe, 1838) Lowe, R. T. (1838). A synopsis of the fishes of Madeira; with the principal synonyms, Portuguese names, and characters of the new genera and species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14): 173-200. [details]
original description (of Dicrotus armatus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [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]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em> [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em> [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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
Unreviewed
Description Found at continental slopes around oceanic islands and submarine rises. Migrates to midwater at night. Feeds on fish, cephalopods and crustaceans. Reproduces throughout the year in warm waters (Ref. 9784). [details]Distribution Brazil to New England [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Roudi escolar | [details] |
| Japanese | クロシビカマス | [details] |
| Russian | Прометихтпрометеева рыба | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (54 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Promethichthys pacificus Seale, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Promethichthys solandri Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Dicrotus armatus Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Prometheus atlanticus Lowe, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Gempylus prometheus Cuvier, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Thyrsites prometheus (Cuvier, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Prometichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Dicrotus parvipinnis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Promethichthys prometheus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gempylus prometheus Cuvier, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Thyrsites ballieui Sauvage, 1882)
To FishBase (from synonym Thyrsites prometheus (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Promethichthys solandri Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Promethichthys pacificus Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Prometheus atlanticus Lowe, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Dicrotus armatus Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Dicrotus parvipinnis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Promethycthus prometeus (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Promethychthis prometheus (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Promethycthus prometheus (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Prometichthys prometeus (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Prometichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase images (Promethichthys prometheus, Cape Verde, by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 76 proteins)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 76 proteins) (from synonym Gempylus prometheus Cuvier, 1832)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dicrotus parvipinnis P10234 illustration) (from synonym Dicrotus parvipinnis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Promethichthys prometheus RAD111137-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Promethichthys prometheus RAD111152-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Promethichthys pacificus Seale, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Promethichthys solandri Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Dicrotus armatus Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Prometheus atlanticus Lowe, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Gempylus prometheus Cuvier, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Thyrsites prometheus (Cuvier, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Prometichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Dicrotus parvipinnis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Promethichthys prometheus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gempylus prometheus Cuvier, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Thyrsites ballieui Sauvage, 1882)
To FishBase (from synonym Thyrsites prometheus (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Promethichthys solandri Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Promethichthys pacificus Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Prometheus atlanticus Lowe, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Dicrotus armatus Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Dicrotus parvipinnis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Promethycthus prometeus (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Promethychthis prometheus (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Promethycthus prometheus (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Prometichthys prometeus (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Prometichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832))
To FishBase images (Promethichthys prometheus, Cape Verde, by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 76 proteins)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 76 proteins) (from synonym Gempylus prometheus Cuvier, 1832)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dicrotus parvipinnis P10234 illustration) (from synonym Dicrotus parvipinnis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Promethichthys prometheus RAD111137-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Promethichthys prometheus RAD111152-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
