WoRMS taxon details
Margrethia obtusirostra Jespersen & Tåning, 1919
127297 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127297)
accepted
Species
Margrethia disjuncta Myers, 1934 · unaccepted
Margrethia obtusirostre Jespersen & Tåning, 1919 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Snellius boschmai Koumans, 1953 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jespersen, P.; Tåning A. V. (1919). Some Mediterranean and Atlantic Sternoptychidae. Preliminary note. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn.</em> v. 70: 215-226, Pl. 17. [details]
Distribution Scotian Shelf to Venezuela
Distribution Scotian Shelf to Venezuela [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Margrethia obtusirostra Jespersen & Tåning, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127297 on 2025-11-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Jespersen, P.; Tåning A. V. (1919). Some Mediterranean and Atlantic Sternoptychidae. Preliminary note. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn.</em> v. 70: 215-226, Pl. 17. [details]
original description (of Margrethia disjuncta Myers, 1934) Myers, G. S. (1934). Three new deep-water fishes from the West Indies. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91 (9): 1-12, Pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Snellius boschmai Koumans, 1953) Koumans, F. P. (1953). Biological results of the Snellius expedition. XVI. The Pisces and Leptocardii of the Snellius expedition. <em>Temminckia, Leiden.</em> v. 9: 177-275. [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 Margrethia disjuncta Myers, 1934) Myers, G. S. (1934). Three new deep-water fishes from the West Indies. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91 (9): 1-12, Pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Snellius boschmai Koumans, 1953) Koumans, F. P. (1953). Biological results of the Snellius expedition. XVI. The Pisces and Leptocardii of the Snellius expedition. <em>Temminckia, Leiden.</em> v. 9: 177-275. [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 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 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 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 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 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 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 on crustaceans and small fishes [details]Distribution Scotian Shelf to Venezuela [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat usually associated with continental and island slopes [details]
Reproduction Dioecious; external fertilization [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Bighead portholefish | [details] |
| Japanese | レンジュエソ | [details] |
| Russian | Тупорылая маргретия | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Margrethia disjuncta Myers, 1934)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Margrethia obtusirostra)
To FishBase (from synonym Margrethia obtusirostre Jespersen & Tåning, 1919)
To FishBase (from synonym Snellius boschmai Koumans, 1953)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Margrethia disjuncta Myers, 1934)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Margarethia obtusirostra P10710 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Margrethia disjuncta Myers, 1934)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Margrethia obtusirostra)
To FishBase (from synonym Margrethia obtusirostre Jespersen & Tåning, 1919)
To FishBase (from synonym Snellius boschmai Koumans, 1953)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Margrethia disjuncta Myers, 1934)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Margarethia obtusirostra P10710 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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