WoRMS taxon details
Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879
126682 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126682)
accepted
Species
Alepocephalus bairdi Goode & Bean, 1879 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Alepocephalus giardi Köhler, 1896 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1879). Description of Alepocephalus bairdii, a new species of fish from the deep-sea fauna of the western Atlantic. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 2 (no. 68): 55-57. [details]
Distribution Greenland to Grand Banks
Distribution Greenland to Grand Banks [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126682 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1879). Description of Alepocephalus bairdii, a new species of fish from the deep-sea fauna of the western Atlantic. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 2 (no. 68): 55-57. [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]
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]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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 mostly on coelenterates, but also decapods, tunicates and fishes [details]Distribution Greenland to Grand Banks [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found over ooze and sand bottoms. [details]
Importance Social- Minor Commercial fishery [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Baird's smooth-headBaird's smoothhead | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Alepocephalus bairdi Goode & Bean, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Alepocephalus giardi Köhler, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alepocephalus bairdii)
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus bairdi Goode & Bean, 1879)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus giardi Köhler, 1896)
To FishBase images (Alepocephalus bairdii, Canada, by Román Marcote, E.)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Alepocephalus bairdi Goode & Bean, 1879)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alepocephalus bairdii P00306 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Alepocephalus bairdi Goode & Bean, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Alepocephalus giardi Köhler, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alepocephalus bairdii)
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus bairdi Goode & Bean, 1879)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus giardi Köhler, 1896)
To FishBase images (Alepocephalus bairdii, Canada, by Román Marcote, E.)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Alepocephalus bairdi Goode & Bean, 1879)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alepocephalus bairdii P00306 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
