WoRMS taxon details
Argyropelecus Cocco, 1829
126196 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126196)
accepted
Genus
Argyropelachus Cocco, 1829 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pleurothyris Lowe, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sternoptychides Ogilby, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes, 1850
- Species Argyropelecus affinis Garman, 1899
- Species Argyropelecus gigas Norman, 1930
- Species Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829
- Species Argyropelecus lychnus Garman, 1899
- Species Argyropelecus olfersii (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Argyropelecus sladeni Regan, 1908
- Species Argyropelecus amabilis (Ogilby, 1888) accepted as Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes, 1850
- Species Argyropelecus antrorsospinus Schultz, 1937 accepted as Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes, 1850
- Species Argyropelecus caninus Garman, 1899 accepted as Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes, 1850
- Species Argyropelecus durvillei Valenciennes, 1850 accepted as Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829
- Species Argyropelecus d'Urvillei Valenciennes, 1849 accepted as Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829 (misspelling)
- Species Argyropelecus hawaiensis Schultz, 1961 accepted as Argyropelecus sladeni Regan, 1908
- Species Argyropelecus heathi Gilbert, 1905 accepted as Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829
- Species Argyropelecus hemigymmus Cocco, 1829 accepted as Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829 (misspelling)
- Species Argyropelecus hemigymnos Cocco, 1829 accepted as Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829 (misspelling)
- Species Argyropelecus intermedius Clarke, 1878 accepted as Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829
- Species Argyropelecus lynchus Garman, 1899 accepted as Argyropelecus lychnus Garman, 1899 (misspelling)
- Species Argyropelecus micracanthus Parr, 1937 accepted as Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes, 1850
- Species Argyropelecus olfersi (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Argyropelecus olfersii (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
- Species Argyropelecus pacificus Schultz, 1961 accepted as Argyropelecus affinis Garman, 1899
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cocco, A. (1829). Su di alcuni nuovi pesci de' mari di Messina. <em>Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per La Sicilia.</em> Anno 7, v. 26 (no. 77): 138-147. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Argyropelecus Cocco, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126196 on 2026-09-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Cocco, A. (1829). Su di alcuni nuovi pesci de' mari di Messina. <em>Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per La Sicilia.</em> Anno 7, v. 26 (no. 77): 138-147. [details]
original description (of Sternoptychides Ogilby, 1888) Ogilby, J. D. (1888). Description of a new genus and species of deep-sea fish from Lord Howe Island. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2).</em> v. 3 (pt 3): 1313. [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 Sternoptychides Ogilby, 1888) Ogilby, J. D. (1888). Description of a new genus and species of deep-sea fish from Lord Howe Island. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2).</em> v. 3 (pt 3): 1313. [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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | テンガンムネエソ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Argyropelecus)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyropelecus RAD115125-001)
To ITIS
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Argyropelecus)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyropelecus RAD115125-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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