WoRMS taxon details
Tactostoma macropus Bolin, 1939
282922 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282922)
accepted
Species
Photonectops multipunctata Chapman, 1939 · unaccepted
Tectosoma macropus Bolin, 1939 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bolin, R. L. (1939). A new stomiatoid fish from California. <em>Copeia.</em> (1): 39-41. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Tactostoma macropus Bolin, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282922 on 2026-01-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Bolin, R. L. (1939). A new stomiatoid fish from California. <em>Copeia.</em> (1): 39-41. [details]
original description (of Photonectops multipunctata Chapman, 1939) Chapman, W. M. (1939). Eleven new species and three new genera of oceanic fishes collected by the International Fisheries Commission from the northeastern Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86 (no. 3062): 501-542. [details]
original description (of Photonectops multipunctata Chapman, 1939) Chapman, W. M. (1939). Eleven new species and three new genera of oceanic fishes collected by the International Fisheries Commission from the northeastern Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86 (no. 3062): 501-542. [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]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | longfin dragonfishArrow dragonfish | [details] |
| French | dragon à longues nageoires | [details] |
| Japanese | ハダカホテイエソ | [details] |
| Russian | Тактостома длинноперая | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Photonectops multipunctata Chapman, 1939)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tactostoma macropus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Photonectops multipunctata Chapman, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Tectosoma macropus Bolin, 1939)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Photonectops multipunctata RAD113683-001) (from synonym Photonectops multipunctata Chapman, 1939)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Photonectops multipunctata RAD113683-002) (from synonym Photonectops multipunctata Chapman, 1939)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Photonectops multipunctata Chapman, 1939)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tactostoma macropus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Photonectops multipunctata Chapman, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Tectosoma macropus Bolin, 1939)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Photonectops multipunctata RAD113683-001) (from synonym Photonectops multipunctata Chapman, 1939)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Photonectops multipunctata RAD113683-002) (from synonym Photonectops multipunctata Chapman, 1939)
To ITIS
