WoRMS taxon details
Hygophum macrochir (Günther, 1864)
158895 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158895)
accepted
Species
Scopelus macrochir Günther, 1864 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scopelus macrochir Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: in the eastern Atlantic recorded between about 18°N and 3°S at about 20°W, but about 12°S in Angola...
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: in the eastern Atlantic recorded between about 18°N and 3°S at about 20°W, but about 12°S in Angola Current; as far north as 43°N in Canadian Atlantic [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hygophum macrochir (Günther, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158895 on 2025-02-17
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(of Scopelus macrochir Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
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) Grey, M. (1955). Notes on a collection of Bermuda deep-sea fishes. Fieldiana Zoology, 37: 265-302 [details]
basis of record 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 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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
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]
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) Grey, M. (1955). Notes on a collection of Bermuda deep-sea fishes. Fieldiana Zoology, 37: 265-302 [details]
basis of record 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 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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
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]





Unreviewed
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: in the eastern Atlantic recorded between about 18°N and 3°S at about 20°W, but about 12°S in Angola Current; as far north as 43°N in Canadian Atlantic [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat Nyctoepipelagic species, found from the surface to 125m at night, from 275- 750 m during day [details]
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scopelus macrochir Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hygophum macrochir)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus macrochir Günther, 1864)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus macrochir Günther, 1864)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hygophum macrochir RAD104796-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scopelus macrochir Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hygophum macrochir)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus macrochir Günther, 1864)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus macrochir Günther, 1864)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hygophum macrochir RAD104796-001)
To ITIS