WoRMS taxon details
Symbolophorus veranyi (Moreau, 1888)
126630 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126630)
accepted
Species
Scopelus veranyi Moreau, 1888 · unaccepted
Stylophthalmus mediterraneus Mazzarelli, 1909 · unaccepted
Symbolophorus verany (Moreau, 1888) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scopelus veranyi Moreau, 1888) Moreau, É. (1888). Le Scopèle de Vérany. Scopelus Veranyi. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 12: 108-111. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Grand Bank to Brazil in slope water region
Distribution Western Atlantic: Grand Bank to Brazil in slope water region [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Symbolophorus veranyi (Moreau, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126630 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scopelus veranyi Moreau, 1888) Moreau, É. (1888). Le Scopèle de Vérany. Scopelus Veranyi. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 12: 108-111. [details]
original description (of Stylophthalmus mediterraneus Mazzarelli, 1909) Mazzarelli, G. (1909). Gli animali abissali e le correnti sotto marine dello stretto di Messina. Osservazioni preliminari. <em>Rivista Mensile di Pesca e Idrobiologia (Pavia) Anno.</em> 11 (no. 9-12): 177-218. [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 Stylophthalmus mediterraneus Mazzarelli, 1909) Mazzarelli, G. (1909). Gli animali abissali e le correnti sotto marine dello stretto di Messina. Osservazioni preliminari. <em>Rivista Mensile di Pesca e Idrobiologia (Pavia) Anno.</em> 11 (no. 9-12): 177-218. [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) Karnella, C. (1987). Family Myctophidae, lanternfishes In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. , (452): 51-168, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.452 [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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 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) Karnella, C. (1987). Family Myctophidae, lanternfishes In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. , (452): 51-168, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.452 [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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 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
Distribution Western Atlantic: Grand Bank to Brazil in slope water region [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat High-oceanic species found at 550-700 m during the day and nyctoepipelagic at the surface and down to 800 m (maximum abundance at the surface). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | largescale laternfish | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Μακρόλεπο φανόψαρο | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Symbolophorus veranyi)
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus veranyi Moreau, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Stylophthalmus mediterraneus Mazzarelli, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Symbolophorus verany (Moreau, 1888))
To FishBase
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus veranyi Moreau, 1888)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophum humboldti P09728 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Symbolophorus veranyi)
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus veranyi Moreau, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Stylophthalmus mediterraneus Mazzarelli, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Symbolophorus verany (Moreau, 1888))
To FishBase
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus veranyi Moreau, 1888)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophum humboldti P09728 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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