WoRMS taxon details
Bellator militaris (Goode & Bean, 1896)
159568 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159568)
accepted
Species
Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896) Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [details] 
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to southern Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA; south to Yucatan in Mexico...
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to southern Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA; south to Yucatan in Mexico (FishBase: 37-20oN) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bellator militaris (Goode & Bean, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159568 on 2026-10-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896) Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [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]
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)
Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 3), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions max. 125 mm TL [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to southern Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA; south to Yucatan in Mexico (FishBase: 37-20oN) [details]
Habitat brackish and marine, 40 - 110 m [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bellator militaris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Prionotus militarius P07101 illustration) (from synonym Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Prionotus militarius P07102 illustration) (from synonym Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bellator militaris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Prionotus militarius P07101 illustration) (from synonym Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Prionotus militarius P07102 illustration) (from synonym Prionotus militaris Goode & Bean, 1896)
To ITIS
