WoRMS taxon details
Diplophos taenia Günther, 1873
127292 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127292)
accepted
Species
Diplophos proximus Parr, 1931 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Diplophos taenia orientalis Matsubara, 1940 accepted as Diplophos orientalis Matsubara, 1940
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1873). Erster ichthyologischer Beitrag nach Exemplaren aus dem Museum Godeffroy. <em>Journal des Museum Godeffroy.</em> v. 1 (no. 2): 97-103. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-7.]. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters
Distribution Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Diplophos taenia Günther, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127292 on 2025-06-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1873). Erster ichthyologischer Beitrag nach Exemplaren aus dem Museum Godeffroy. <em>Journal des Museum Godeffroy.</em> v. 1 (no. 2): 97-103. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-7.]. [details]
original description (of Diplophos proximus Parr, 1931) Parr, A. E. (1931). Deepsea fishes from off the western coast of North and Central America. With keys to the genera Stomias, Diplophos, Melamphaes and Bregmaceros, and a revision of the Macropterus group of the genus Lampanyctus. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> v. 2 (art. 4): 1-53. [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 Diplophos proximus Parr, 1931) Parr, A. E. (1931). Deepsea fishes from off the western coast of North and Central America. With keys to the genera Stomias, Diplophos, Melamphaes and Bregmaceros, and a revision of the Macropterus group of the genus Lampanyctus. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> v. 2 (art. 4): 1-53. [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) Roper, C. F. E.; Gibbs, Jr., R. H.; Aron, W. (1970). Ocean Acre: An Interim Report. Report to the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory. [details]
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 Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
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) Roper, C. F. E.; Gibbs, Jr., R. H.; Aron, W. (1970). Ocean Acre: An Interim Report. Report to the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory. [details]
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 Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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 and Indo-Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat Found at depths of 300- 800 m (day), reach surface at night. [details]
Reproduction Oviparous; planktonic eggs and larvae [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Pacific portholefish | [details] |
| Japanese | ネッタイユメハダカ | [details] |
| Russian | Тихоокеанский диплофос | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Diplophos proximus Parr, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diplophos taenia)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Diplophos proximus Parr, 1931)
To FishBase images (Diplophos taenia, by Dubosc, J.)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 69 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Diplophos proximus Parr, 1931)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Diplophos taenia P15505 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Diplophos proximus Parr, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diplophos taenia)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Diplophos proximus Parr, 1931)
To FishBase images (Diplophos taenia, by Dubosc, J.)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 69 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Diplophos proximus Parr, 1931)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Diplophos taenia P15505 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
