WoRMS taxon details
Avocettina acuticeps (Regan, 1916)
217462 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217462)
accepted
Species
Borodinula major Karmovskaya, 1977 · unaccepted
Leptocephalus acuticeps Regan, 1916 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Leptocephalus acuticeps Regan, 1916) Regan, C. T. (1916). Larval and postlarval fishes. British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913). <em>Zoology.</em> v. 1 (no. 4): 125-156, Pls. 1-10. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Avocettina acuticeps (Regan, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217462 on 2025-11-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leptocephalus acuticeps Regan, 1916) Regan, C. T. (1916). Larval and postlarval fishes. British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913). <em>Zoology.</em> v. 1 (no. 4): 125-156, Pls. 1-10. [details]
original description (of Borodinula major Karmovskaya, 1977) Karmovskaya, E. S. (1977). Studies on taxonomy and distribution of the genus Borodinula (Nemichthyidae, Osteichthyes) with description of a new species. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova.</em> 109: 186-210. [In Russian, English summary.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Borodinula major Karmovskaya, 1977) Karmovskaya, E. S. (1977). Studies on taxonomy and distribution of the genus Borodinula (Nemichthyidae, Osteichthyes) with description of a new species. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova.</em> 109: 186-210. [In Russian, English summary.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Leptocephalus acuticeps Regan, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Borodinula major Karmovskaya, 1977)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus acuticeps Regan, 1916)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Leptocephalus acuticeps Regan, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Borodinula major Karmovskaya, 1977)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus acuticeps Regan, 1916)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
