WoRMS taxon details
Regalecus russellii (Cuvier, 1816)
400491 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:400491)
accepted
Species
Gymnetrus hawkenii Bloch, 1795 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gymnetrus hawkinsii Bloch, 1795 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Gymnetrus russelii Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted
Gymnetrus russellii Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Regalecus caudatus Zugmayer, 1914 · unaccepted
Regalecus glesne pacificus Wood-Jones, 1929 · unaccepted (other)
Regalecus kinoi Castro-Aguirre, Arvizu-Martinez & Alarcón-Gonzalez, 1991 · unaccepted (synonym)
Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816) · unaccepted
Regalecus woodjonesi Whitley, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gymnetrus russelii Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835
page(s): 244 [details]
page(s): 244 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Regalecus russellii (Cuvier, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=400491 on 2025-06-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Regalecus kinoi Castro-Aguirre, Arvizu-Martinez & Alarcón-Gonzalez, 1991) Castro-Aguirre, J. L.; Arvizu-Martinez, J.; Alarcón-Gonzalez, C. (1991). Una especie nueva de Regalecus (Pisces: Lampridiformes) hallada en la Bahía de la Paz, Baja California Sur, México, con notas y observaciones taxonómícas y biogeográficas de la familia Regalecidae. <em>Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, México.</em> 34: 159-171. [details]
original description (of Regalecus caudatus Zugmayer, 1914) Zugmayer, E. (1914). Diagnoses de quelques poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht Hirondelle II (1911-1913). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco).</em> No. 288: 1-4. [details]
original description (of Gymnetrus hawkenii Bloch, 1795) Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]
original description (of Gymnetrus russelii Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835
page(s): 244 [details]
original description (of Gymnetrus russellii Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835
page(s): 244 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Regalecus caudatus Zugmayer, 1914) Zugmayer, E. (1914). Diagnoses de quelques poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht Hirondelle II (1911-1913). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco).</em> No. 288: 1-4. [details]
original description (of Gymnetrus hawkenii Bloch, 1795) Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]
original description (of Gymnetrus russelii Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835
page(s): 244 [details]
original description (of Gymnetrus russellii Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835
page(s): 244 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | リュウグウノツカイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gymnetrus hawkenii Bloch, 1795)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Regalecus russelii) (from synonym Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816))
To FishBase (from synonym Regalecus caudatus Zugmayer, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnetrus hawkenii Bloch, 1795)
To FishBase (from synonym Regalecus kinoi Castro-Aguirre, Arvizu-Martinez & Alarcón-Gonzalez, 1991)
To FishBase (from synonym Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816))
To FishBase (from synonym Regalecus woodjonesi Whitley, 1933)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnetrus russelii Cuvier, 1816)
To FishBase images (Regalecus russelii, Chinese Taipei, by Reyes, R.B.) (from synonym Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Gymnetrus russelii Cuvier, 1816)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Gymnetrus russellii Cuvier, 1816)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gymnetrus hawkenii Bloch, 1795)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Regalecus russelii) (from synonym Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816))
To FishBase (from synonym Regalecus caudatus Zugmayer, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnetrus hawkenii Bloch, 1795)
To FishBase (from synonym Regalecus kinoi Castro-Aguirre, Arvizu-Martinez & Alarcón-Gonzalez, 1991)
To FishBase (from synonym Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816))
To FishBase (from synonym Regalecus woodjonesi Whitley, 1933)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnetrus russelii Cuvier, 1816)
To FishBase images (Regalecus russelii, Chinese Taipei, by Reyes, R.B.) (from synonym Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Gymnetrus russelii Cuvier, 1816)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Gymnetrus russellii Cuvier, 1816)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816))
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
