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Tetrapturus pfluegeri Robins & de Sylva, 1963

126954  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126954)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Robins, C. R.; de Sylva, D. P. (1963). A new western Atlantic spearfish, Tetrapturus pfluegeri, with a redescription of the Mediterranean spearfish, Tetrapturus belone. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 13 (1): 84-122. [details]   
Distribution Atlantic: widely distributed in offshore waters, much more densely so in the western than in the eastern Atlantic.   
Distribution Atlantic: widely distributed in offshore waters, much more densely so in the western than in the eastern Atlantic.  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Tetrapturus pfluegeri Robins & de Sylva, 1963. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126954 on 2024-03-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Tetrapturus pfluegeri Robins & de Sylva, 1963. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126954 on 2024-03-28
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description Robins, C. R.; de Sylva, D. P. (1963). A new western Atlantic spearfish, Tetrapturus pfluegeri, with a redescription of the Mediterranean spearfish, Tetrapturus belone. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 13 (1): 84-122. [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [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]   

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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Distribution Atlantic: widely distributed in offshore waters, much more densely so in the western than in the eastern Atlantic.  [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch langbekspeervis  [details]
English longbill spearfish  [details]
French makaire bécune  [details]
German langschnauziger Speerfisch  [details]
Spanish marlin trompa larga  [details]
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