WoRMS taxon details
Trachipterus arcticus (Brünnich, 1788)
126527 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126527)
accepted
Species
Gymnogaster arcticus Brünnich, 1788 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gymnogaster arcticus Brünnich, 1788) Brünnich, M. T. (1788). Om den islandske fisk, bogmeren, Gymnogaster arcticus. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrivter, Nye Samling af det.</em> v. 3: 408-413, Pl. B.
page(s): 408, Pl. B [details]
page(s): 408, Pl. B [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York to southern Florida
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York to southern Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Trachipterus arcticus (Brünnich, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126527 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gymnogaster arcticus Brünnich, 1788) Brünnich, M. T. (1788). Om den islandske fisk, bogmeren, Gymnogaster arcticus. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrivter, Nye Samling af det.</em> v. 3: 408-413, Pl. B.
page(s): 408, Pl. B [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]
page(s): 408, Pl. B [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 Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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 Brünnich, M.T. (1788). Om en ny fiskart, den draabeplettede pladefish, fanget ved Helsingör i Nordsöen 1786. <em>K. Danske Selsk. Skrift. N. Saml.</em> 3: 398-407. Pl. A. [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS) [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 Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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 Brünnich, M.T. (1788). Om en ny fiskart, den draabeplettede pladefish, fanget ved Helsingör i Nordsöen 1786. <em>K. Danske Selsk. Skrift. N. Saml.</em> 3: 398-407. Pl. A. [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS) [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
Authority Trachipterus arcticus (Brünnich, 1788) [details]Authority (Brünnich, 1771) [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York to southern Florida [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | vågmær | [details] |
| English | deal-fishdealfish | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | sølvkveite | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | sølvkveite | [details] |
| Swedish | vågmär | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Gymnogaster arcticus Brünnich, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachipterus arcticus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnogaster arcticus Brünnich, 1788)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Gymnogaster arcticus Brünnich, 1788)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Gymnogaster arcticus Brünnich, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachipterus arcticus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnogaster arcticus Brünnich, 1788)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Gymnogaster arcticus Brünnich, 1788)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
