| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Melanostigma Günther, 1881 |
| Sources | |
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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]
additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]
additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]
context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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Vernacular
Names | | | Language | Name | | |
English |
Atlantic soft pout |
[details] |
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French |
mollasse atlantique |
[details] |
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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| Links | | To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale)
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Diet: Feeds on foraminifera, copepods and ostracods [details]
Distribution: New Brunswick to Virginia [details]
Habitat: Bottom dweller, found at depths of 400- 1000 m. [details]
Habitat: nektonic [details]
Predators: Redfish [details]
Reproduction: Spawns from July to September [details]
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| Images | | 
Melanostigma atlanticum - Atlantic softpout
added on 2010-07-19 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Melanostigma atlanticum - Atlantic softpout 2
added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, David McRuer and Cheryl Frail ( )
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Melanostigma atlanticum
added on 2011-05-02 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Jean-François St-Pierre ( )
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| | To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale) |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127120 |
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| | | Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Melanostigma atlanticum Koefoed, 1952. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2013) Canadian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127120 on 2013-06-19 |
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