WoRMS taxon details
Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880
126993 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126993)
accepted
Species
Caristioides amplipinnis Whitley, 1948 · unaccepted
Cubiceps ismaelensis Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955 · unaccepted
Cubiceps niger Nümann, 1958 · unaccepted
Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914 · unaccepted
Papyrichthys pellucidus (Lütken, 1880) · unaccepted
Psenes edwardsii Eigenmann, 1901 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lütken, C. F. (1880). Spolia Atlantica. Bidrag til Kundskab om Formforandringer hos Fiske under deres Vaext og Udvikling, saerligt hos nogle af Atlanterhavets Højsøfiske. <em>Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling, Kjøbenhavn (Ser. 5).</em> v. 12: 409-613, Pls. 1-5. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-205. Summary in French (pp. 589-613).]. [details]
Distribution temperate and subtropical waters of Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans; as strays in the Canadian Atlantic area
Distribution temperate and subtropical waters of Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans; as strays in the Canadian Atlantic area [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126993 on 2025-07-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Lütken, C. F. (1880). Spolia Atlantica. Bidrag til Kundskab om Formforandringer hos Fiske under deres Vaext og Udvikling, saerligt hos nogle af Atlanterhavets Højsøfiske. <em>Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling, Kjøbenhavn (Ser. 5).</em> v. 12: 409-613, Pls. 1-5. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-205. Summary in French (pp. 589-613).]. [details]
original description (of Cubiceps ismaelensis Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955) Dieuzeide, R.; Roland, J. (1955). Sur un Stromateidae nouveau du genre <i>Cubiceps</i>. <em>Bulletin des travaux publiés par la station d'aquaculture et de pêche de Castiglione.</em> 7: 341-368. [details]
original description (of Psenes edwardsii Eigenmann, 1901) Eigenmann, C. H. (1901). Description of a new oceanic fish found off southern New England. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 21 (No. 475): 35-36. [details]
original description (of Caristioides amplipinnis Whitley, 1948) Whitley, G. P. (1948). Studies in ichthyology. No. 13. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 22 (no. 1): 70-94. [details]
original description (of Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914) Jordan, D. S.; Thompson W. F. (1914). Record of the fishes obtained in Japan in 1911. <em>Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum.</em> v. 6 (no. 4): 205-313, Pls. 24-42. [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]
original description (of Cubiceps ismaelensis Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955) Dieuzeide, R.; Roland, J. (1955). Sur un Stromateidae nouveau du genre <i>Cubiceps</i>. <em>Bulletin des travaux publiés par la station d'aquaculture et de pêche de Castiglione.</em> 7: 341-368. [details]
original description (of Psenes edwardsii Eigenmann, 1901) Eigenmann, C. H. (1901). Description of a new oceanic fish found off southern New England. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 21 (No. 475): 35-36. [details]
original description (of Caristioides amplipinnis Whitley, 1948) Whitley, G. P. (1948). Studies in ichthyology. No. 13. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 22 (no. 1): 70-94. [details]
original description (of Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914) Jordan, D. S.; Thompson W. F. (1914). Record of the fishes obtained in Japan in 1911. <em>Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum.</em> v. 6 (no. 4): 205-313, Pls. 24-42. [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]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Diet Feeds on zooplankton and small pelagic fishes [details]Distribution temperate and subtropical waters of Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans; as strays in the Canadian Atlantic area [details]
Habitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found to 1000 m depth, associated with jellyfish. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial fishery [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bluefin driftfishblue driftfish | [details] |
| Japanese | ハナビラウオ | [details] |
| Russian | Псен прозрачный | [details] |
| Spanish | derivante aleta azul | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps ismaelensis Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps niger Nümann, 1958)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Psenes edwardsii Eigenmann, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Psenes pellucidus)
To FishBase (from synonym Caristioides amplipinnis Whitley, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes edwardsii Eigenmann, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps niger Nümann, 1958)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps ismaelensis Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955)
To FishBase (from synonym Papyrichthys pellucidus (Lütken, 1880))
To FishBase images (Psenes pellucidus, Chinese Taipei, by The Fish Database of Taiwan)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 47 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Psenes atlanticus P07203 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps ismaelensis Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps niger Nümann, 1958)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Psenes edwardsii Eigenmann, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Psenes pellucidus)
To FishBase (from synonym Caristioides amplipinnis Whitley, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes edwardsii Eigenmann, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps niger Nümann, 1958)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps ismaelensis Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955)
To FishBase (from synonym Papyrichthys pellucidus (Lütken, 1880))
To FishBase images (Psenes pellucidus, Chinese Taipei, by The Fish Database of Taiwan)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 47 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Psenes atlanticus P07203 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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Unreviewed
Hosted externally
