WoRMS taxon details
Peristedion miniatum Goode, 1880
159550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159550)
accepted
Species
Peristedium miniatum Goode, 1880 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Goode, G. B. (1880). Descriptions of seven new species of fishes from deep soundings on the southern New England coast, with diagnoses of two undescribed genera of flounders and a genus related to Merlucius. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 3 (no. 165): 337-350., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.3-165.337 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Scotian Shelf, Georges Bank and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; absent from West Indies
Distribution Western Atlantic: Scotian Shelf, Georges Bank and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; absent from West Indies [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Peristedion miniatum Goode, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159550 on 2026-10-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Goode, G. B. (1880). Descriptions of seven new species of fishes from deep soundings on the southern New England coast, with diagnoses of two undescribed genera of flounders and a genus related to Merlucius. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 3 (no. 165): 337-350., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.3-165.337 [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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 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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Scotian Shelf, Georges Bank and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; absent from West Indies [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found mostly on the continental slope. [details]
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Peristedium miniatum Goode, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Peristedion miniatum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Peristedium miniatum Goode, 1880)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Peristethium miniatum P08304 illustration) (from synonym Peristedium miniatum Goode, 1880)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Peristethium miniatum P08305 illustration) (from synonym Peristedium miniatum Goode, 1880)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Peristedium miniatum Goode, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Peristedion miniatum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Peristedium miniatum Goode, 1880)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Peristethium miniatum P08304 illustration) (from synonym Peristedium miniatum Goode, 1880)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Peristethium miniatum P08305 illustration) (from synonym Peristedium miniatum Goode, 1880)
To ITIS
