WoRMS taxon details
Taractichthys longipinnis (Lowe, 1843)
126788 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126788)
accepted
Species
Brama longipinnis Lowe, 1843 · unaccepted
Brama princeps Johnson, 1863 · unaccepted
Lepidotus princeps (Johnson, 1863) · unaccepted
Taractes (Taractichthys) longipinnis Lowe, 1843 · alternative representation
Taractes longipinnis (Lowe, 1843) · unaccepted
Taractes princeps (Johnson, 1863) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Brama longipinnis Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Puerto Rico
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Puerto Rico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Taractichthys longipinnis (Lowe, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126788 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Taractes (Taractichthys) longipinnis Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [details]
original description (of Brama longipinnis Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [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]
original description (of Brama longipinnis Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [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] 
Other
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]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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]
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]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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
Authority Lowe, 1843 [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Puerto Rico [details]
Habitat Generally oceanic and presumably epipelagic. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | long-finned breambigscale pomfret | [details] |
| Spanish | tristón aletudo | [details] |
| Welsh | merfog asgell-hir | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Brama longipinnis Lowe, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Brama princeps Johnson, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Taractes longipinnis (Lowe, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Taractes princeps (Johnson, 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Taractichthys longipinnis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Brama longipinnis Lowe, 1843)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidotus princeps (Johnson, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Taractes princeps (Johnson, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Taractes longipinnis (Lowe, 1843))
To FishBase (from synonym Brama princeps Johnson, 1863)
To FishBase images (Taractichthys longipinnis, Cape Verde, by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Brama longipinnis Lowe, 1843)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Brama longipinnis Lowe, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Brama princeps Johnson, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Taractes longipinnis (Lowe, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Taractes princeps (Johnson, 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Taractichthys longipinnis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Brama longipinnis Lowe, 1843)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidotus princeps (Johnson, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Taractes princeps (Johnson, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Taractes longipinnis (Lowe, 1843))
To FishBase (from synonym Brama princeps Johnson, 1863)
To FishBase images (Taractichthys longipinnis, Cape Verde, by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Brama longipinnis Lowe, 1843)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
