WoRMS taxon details
Halieutichthys aculeatus (Mitchill, 1818)
159190 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159190)
accepted
Species
Halieutella lappa Goode & Bean, 1884 · unaccepted
Halieutichthys reticulatus Poey, 1863 · unaccepted
Halieuticthis aculeatus (Mitchill, 1818) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lophius aculeatus Mitchill, 1818 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lophius aculeatus Mitchill, 1818) Mitchill, S.L. (1818). Memoir on ichthyology. The fishes of New York... In a supplement to the Memoir. <em>Am. Monthly Mag. Crit. Rev.</em> 2: 241-248, 321-328.
page(s): 325 [details]
page(s): 325 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Bahamas, North Carolina (USA) and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America
Distribution Western Atlantic: Bahamas, North Carolina (USA) and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Halieutichthys aculeatus (Mitchill, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159190 on 2025-11-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lophius aculeatus Mitchill, 1818) Mitchill, S.L. (1818). Memoir on ichthyology. The fishes of New York... In a supplement to the Memoir. <em>Am. Monthly Mag. Crit. Rev.</em> 2: 241-248, 321-328.
page(s): 325 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
page(s): 325 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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 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 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: Bahamas, North Carolina (USA) and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (58 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lophius aculeatus Mitchill, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Halieutichthys reticulatus Poey, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Halieutella lappa Goode & Bean, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halieutichthys aculeatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Halieutichthys reticulatus Poey, 1863)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius aculeatus Mitchill, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Halieutella lappa Goode & Bean, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Halieuticthis aculeatus (Mitchill, 1818))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Lophius aculeatus Mitchill, 1818)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutaea senticosa P12168 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutaea senticosa P12170 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutella lappa P12177 illustration) (from synonym Halieutella lappa Goode & Bean, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutella lappa P12178 illustration) (from synonym Halieutella lappa Goode & Bean, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutichthys reticulatus USNM 134197 photograph dorsal view) (from synonym Halieutichthys reticulatus Poey, 1863)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutichthys reticulatus USNM 134197 radiograph) (from synonym Halieutichthys reticulatus Poey, 1863)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lophius aculeatus Mitchill, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Halieutichthys reticulatus Poey, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Halieutella lappa Goode & Bean, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halieutichthys aculeatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Halieutichthys reticulatus Poey, 1863)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius aculeatus Mitchill, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Halieutella lappa Goode & Bean, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Halieuticthis aculeatus (Mitchill, 1818))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Lophius aculeatus Mitchill, 1818)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutaea senticosa P12168 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutaea senticosa P12170 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutella lappa P12177 illustration) (from synonym Halieutella lappa Goode & Bean, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutella lappa P12178 illustration) (from synonym Halieutella lappa Goode & Bean, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutichthys reticulatus USNM 134197 photograph dorsal view) (from synonym Halieutichthys reticulatus Poey, 1863)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halieutichthys reticulatus USNM 134197 radiograph) (from synonym Halieutichthys reticulatus Poey, 1863)
To ITIS
