WoRMS taxon details
Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1836
127163 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127163)
accepted
Species
Dinemus venustus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemobrama webbii Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemobrama webii Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Polymixia nobilis virginica Nichols & Firth, 1936 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Polymixia nobilis virginica Nichols & Firth, 1936 accepted as Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1836 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lowe, R. T. (1836). Piscium Maderensium species quaedam novae, vel minus rite cognitae breviter descriptae, etc. <em>Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.</em> v. 6 (pts 1): 195-202, Pls. 1-6. [Sometimes cited as 1838. Cover of part 1 is dated 1836; part 3 and volume cover (pts 1-3) dated 1838. Pls. 1-3 are missing in the BHL scan.]. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: West Indies, Saba Bank, Leeward Islands, off northern coast of Cuba and west of the Bahamas; reported to...
Distribution Western Atlantic: West Indies, Saba Bank, Leeward Islands, off northern coast of Cuba and west of the Bahamas; reported to occur in the northern coast of South America, as far north as 43.67°N [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127163 on 2025-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Lowe, R. T. (1836). Piscium Maderensium species quaedam novae, vel minus rite cognitae breviter descriptae, etc. <em>Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.</em> v. 6 (pts 1): 195-202, Pls. 1-6. [Sometimes cited as 1838. Cover of part 1 is dated 1836; part 3 and volume cover (pts 1-3) dated 1838. Pls. 1-3 are missing in the BHL scan.]. [details]
original description (of Nemobrama webbii Valenciennes, 1837) Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [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 Nemobrama webbii Valenciennes, 1837) Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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
Distribution Western Atlantic: West Indies, Saba Bank, Leeward Islands, off northern coast of Cuba and west of the Bahamas; reported to occur in the northern coast of South America, as far north as 43.67°N [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found on semi-hard and soft bottoms on the continental shelf and slope. [details]
Importance Social- Commercial [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | stout beardfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Polymixia nobilis virginica Nichols & Firth, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nemobrama webii Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Dinemus venustus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nemobrama webbii Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymixia nobilis)
To FishBase (from synonym Nemobrama webbii Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Polymixia nobilis virginica Nichols & Firth, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Nemobrama webii Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dinemus venustus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase images (Polymixia nobilis, Cape Verde, by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1838; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2585367)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polymixia nobilis RAD118738-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polymixia nobilis RAD118739-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Polymixia nobilis virginica Nichols & Firth, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nemobrama webii Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Dinemus venustus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nemobrama webbii Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymixia nobilis)
To FishBase (from synonym Nemobrama webbii Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Polymixia nobilis virginica Nichols & Firth, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Nemobrama webii Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dinemus venustus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase images (Polymixia nobilis, Cape Verde, by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1838; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2585367)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polymixia nobilis RAD118738-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polymixia nobilis RAD118739-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
