WoRMS taxon details
Talismania homoptera (Vaillant, 1888)
126712 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126712)
accepted
Species
Bathytroctes homopterus Vaillant, 1888 · unaccepted
Talismania oregoni Parr, 1952 · unaccepted
Talismania oregonia Parr, 1952 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bathytroctes homopterus Vaillant, 1888) Vaillant, L. L. (1888). Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman" pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. <em>Poissons. Paris.</em> 1-406, Pls. 1-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13677 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Talismania homoptera (Vaillant, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126712 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bathytroctes homopterus Vaillant, 1888) Vaillant, L. L. (1888). Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman" pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. <em>Poissons. Paris.</em> 1-406, Pls. 1-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13677 [details]
original description (of Talismania oregoni Parr, 1952) Parr, A. E. (1952). Revision of the genus Talismania, with description of a new species from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> v. 42 (no. 8): 268-271. [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 Talismania oregoni Parr, 1952) Parr, A. E. (1952). Revision of the genus Talismania, with description of a new species from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> v. 42 (no. 8): 268-271. [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]
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]
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
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Bathytroctes homopterus Vaillant, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Talismania oregoni Parr, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Talismania homoptera)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathytroctes homopterus Vaillant, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Talismania oregoni Parr, 1952)
To FishBase (from synonym Talismania oregonia Parr, 1952)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Bathytroctes homopterus Vaillant, 1888)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Talismania oregoni P04683 print) (from synonym Talismania oregoni Parr, 1952)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Talismania oregoni RAD103983-001) (from synonym Talismania oregoni Parr, 1952)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Bathytroctes homopterus Vaillant, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Talismania oregoni Parr, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Talismania homoptera)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathytroctes homopterus Vaillant, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Talismania oregoni Parr, 1952)
To FishBase (from synonym Talismania oregonia Parr, 1952)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Bathytroctes homopterus Vaillant, 1888)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Talismania oregoni P04683 print) (from synonym Talismania oregoni Parr, 1952)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Talismania oregoni RAD103983-001) (from synonym Talismania oregoni Parr, 1952)
To PESI
To ITIS
