WoRMS taxon details
Xenophthalmichthys danae Regan, 1925
283193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283193)
accepted
Species
Prososcopa stilbia Rass, 1961 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Regan, C. T. (1925). Description of a new salmonoid fish from the Caribbean Sea, obtained by the `Dana' expeditions, 1920-22. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> v. 15 (no. 85) (art. 4): 59-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633179 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Xenophthalmichthys danae Regan, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283193 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Regan, C. T. (1925). Description of a new salmonoid fish from the Caribbean Sea, obtained by the `Dana' expeditions, 1920-22. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> v. 15 (no. 85) (art. 4): 59-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633179 [details]
original description (of Prososcopa stilbia Rass, 1961) Rass, T.S. (1961). Prososcopa stilbia Rass gen. n., sp. n.—a new deep sea fish from the Indian Ocean. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 40(12): 1858–1861. [details]
original description (of Prososcopa stilbia Rass, 1961) Rass, T.S. (1961). Prososcopa stilbia Rass gen. n., sp. n.—a new deep sea fish from the Indian Ocean. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 40(12): 1858–1861. [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). (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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prososcopa stilbia Rass, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xenophthalmichthys danae)
To FishBase (from synonym Prososcopa stilbia Rass, 1961)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prososcopa stilbia Rass, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xenophthalmichthys danae)
To FishBase (from synonym Prososcopa stilbia Rass, 1961)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
