WoRMS taxon details

Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878)

To FishBase images (<i>Nezumia aequalis</i>, by JAMARC)
To FishBase images (Nezumia aequalis, by JAMARC)

126473  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126473)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Gadiformes (Order)
  11. Macrouridae (Family)
  12. Macrourinae (Subfamily)
  13. Nezumia (Genus)
  14. Nezumia aequalis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Coryphaenoides aequalis Günther, 1878) Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251. [details] 
Distribution Davis Strait to northern Brazil  
Distribution Davis Strait to northern Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126473 on 2025-05-04
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Coryphaenoides aequalis Günther, 1878) Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251. [details] 

original description (of Macrurus smiliophorus 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. [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] OpenAccess publication

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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on mysids, amphipods, small shrimps, copepods, isopods, ostracods and polychaete worms [details]

Distribution Davis Strait to northern Brazil [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Found at depths of 200- 2320 m. [details]

Importance Social- Minor commercial [details]

Predators Offshore hake [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English smooth rat-tailcommon Atlantic grenadier  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Γρεναδιέρος του Ατλαντικού  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål høyrygget skolest  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk høgrygga skolest  [details]
Turkish fare baligi  [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides serratus (Lowe, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Macrurus aequalis (Günther, 1878))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Macrurus smiliophorus Vaillant, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Macrurus serratus Lowe, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Macruroplus serratus (Lowe, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides aequalis Günther, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Nezumia hildebrandi Parr, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lionurus aequalis (Günther, 1878))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Macrourus serratus Lowe, 1843)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nezumia aequalis) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Nezumia hildebrandi Parr, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrourus serratus Lowe, 1843)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides aequalis Günther, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides serratus (Lowe, 1843))
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus aequalis (Günther, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus smiliophorus Vaillant, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Macruroplus serratus (Lowe, 1843))
To FishBase (from synonym Lionurus aequalis (Günther, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus serratus Lowe, 1843)
To FishBase images (Nezumia aequalis, by JAMARC) 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 4 proteins) 
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Coryphaenoides aequalis Günther, 1878)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Nezumia aequalis</i>, by JAMARC)
To FishBase images (Nezumia aequalis, by JAMARC)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Nezumia aequalis, 868 m St. Croix Pinnacles, Caribbean. Photograph courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer, Océano Profundo 2015. Identification from photograph by A. Quattrini et al. For more information see: Quattrini AM, Demopoulos AWJ, Singer R, Roa-Veron A, Chaytor JD (2017). Demersal fish assemblages on seamounts and other rugged features in the northeastern Caribbean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 123: 90-104.
Nezumia aequalis, 625-934 m Barracuda Bank, Caribbean. Photograph courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust. Identification from photograph by A. Quattrini et al. For more information see: Quattrini AM, Demopoulos AWJ, Singer R, Roa-Veron A, Chaytor JD (2017). Demersal fish assemblages on seamounts and other rugged features in the northeastern Caribbean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 123: 90-104.
Nezumia aequalis, 575 m Gulf of Mexico Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2017. Identification from photograph by T. Iwamoto.
Nezumia aequalis, 799 m Gulf of Mexico Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2017. Identification from photograph by T. Iwamoto.
Nezumia aequalis, 1165 m Gulf of Mexico Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2017. Identification from photograph by T. Iwamoto.