CaRMS taxon details
Brosme brosme (Ascanius, 1772)
126447 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126447)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Ascanius, P. (1767-1805). Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enluminées d'histoire naturelle du Nord. <em>Copenhagen.</em> 5 parts, 36 pp., 50 pls. Pt. 1 (1867), 22 pp., Pls. 1-10; 2 (1772), 8 pp., Pls. 11-20; 3 (1775), 6 pp., Pls. 21-30; 4 (1777), 6 pp., Pls. 31-40; 5 (1805), 8 pp., Pls. 41-50.
page(s): 7, Pl. 17 [details]
page(s): 7, Pl. 17 [details]
Distribution Newfoundland to New Jersey
Distribution Newfoundland to New Jersey [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Brosme brosme (Ascanius, 1772). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126447 on 2025-05-01
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Brosme brosme (Ascanius, 1772). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126447 on 2025-05-01
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(of ) Ascanius, P. (1767-1805). Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enluminées d'histoire naturelle du Nord. <em>Copenhagen.</em> 5 parts, 36 pp., 50 pls. Pt. 1 (1867), 22 pp., Pls. 1-10; 2 (1772), 8 pp., Pls. 11-20; 3 (1775), 6 pp., Pls. 21-30; 4 (1777), 6 pp., Pls. 31-40; 5 (1805), 8 pp., Pls. 41-50.
page(s): 7, Pl. 17 [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 Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. (1976). Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 106 p. [details]
additional source Ascanius, P. (1767-1805). Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enluminées d'histoire naturelle du Nord. <em>Copenhagen.</em> 5 parts, 36 pp., 50 pls. Pt. 1 (1867), 22 pp., Pls. 1-10; 2 (1772), 8 pp., Pls. 11-20; 3 (1775), 6 pp., Pls. 21-30; 4 (1777), 6 pp., Pls. 31-40; 5 (1805), 8 pp., Pls. 41-50.
page(s): 7 [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)
page(s): 7 [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]
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]
page(s): 7, Pl. 17 [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 Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. (1976). Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 106 p. [details]
additional source Ascanius, P. (1767-1805). Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enluminées d'histoire naturelle du Nord. <em>Copenhagen.</em> 5 parts, 36 pp., 50 pls. Pt. 1 (1867), 22 pp., Pls. 1-10; 2 (1772), 8 pp., Pls. 11-20; 3 (1775), 6 pp., Pls. 21-30; 4 (1777), 6 pp., Pls. 31-40; 5 (1805), 8 pp., Pls. 41-50.
page(s): 7 [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)
page(s): 7 [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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on crustaceans, shellfishes, starfishes [details]Distribution Newfoundland to New Jersey [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found to depths of 20- 1000 m over rough, rocky or gravel bottoms. [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Importance Scientific- Highly commercial, gamefish [details]
Predators Seals, thorny skate [details]
Reproduction Spawns in shallow waters [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | brosme | [details] |
| Dutch | lom | [details] |
| English | tusktorskcusk | [details] |
| French | loquettebrosme | [details] |
| German | LumpLumbLimb | [details] |
| Icelandic | keila | [details] |
| Norwegian | lubbbrosme | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | brosme | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | brosme | [details] |
| Spanish | brosmio | [details] |
| Swedish | lubbbrosme | [details] |
| Welsh | torsg | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brosme brosme)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Brosme brosme, Norway, by Østergaard, T.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (114981 nucleotides; 82 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brosme brosme)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Brosme brosme, Norway, by Østergaard, T.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (114981 nucleotides; 82 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To ITIS
