WoRMS taxon details
Stomias brevibarbatus Ege, 1918
127375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127375)
accepted
Species
Stomias brevibartus Ege, 1918 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ege, V. (1918). Stomiatidae (Stomias). Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-10 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas. Vol 2. Biology. <em>Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas.</em> v. (no. A 4): 1-28. [details]
Distribution 42.5°N to 39.7°N
Distribution 42.5°N to 39.7°N [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Stomias brevibarbatus Ege, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127375 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Ege, V. (1918). Stomiatidae (Stomias). Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-10 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas. Vol 2. Biology. <em>Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas.</em> v. (no. A 4): 1-28. [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]
context source (Bermuda) Beebe, W. (1933). Preliminary account of deep sea dives in the bathysphere with especial reference to one of 2200 feet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 19(1): 178-188, available online at https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.19.1.178 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Bermuda) Beebe, W. (1933). Preliminary account of deep sea dives in the bathysphere with especial reference to one of 2200 feet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 19(1): 178-188, available online at https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.19.1.178 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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 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
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on midwater fishes and crustaceans [details]Distribution 42.5°N to 39.7°N [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat An oceanic and mesopelagic species [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | shortbarbel dragonfish | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stomias brevibarbatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Stomias brevibartus Ege, 1918)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stomias brevibarbatus RAD113611-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stomias brevibarbatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Stomias brevibartus Ege, 1918)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stomias brevibarbatus RAD113611-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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