WoRMS taxon details
Idiacanthus atlanticus Brauer, 1906
217616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217616)
accepted
Species
Idiacanthus aurora Waite, 1916 · unaccepted
Idiacanthus niger Regan, 1914 · unaccepted
Idiacanthus retrodorsalis Thompson, 1916 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Brauer, A. (1906). Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. <em>In: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-99. Jena.</em> 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6002309 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Idiacanthus atlanticus Brauer, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217616 on 2026-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Brauer, A. (1906). Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. <em>In: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-99. Jena.</em> 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6002309 [details]
original description (of Idiacanthus aurora Waite, 1916) Waite, E. R. (1916). Fishes. <em>In: Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-1914.</em> Sci. Rept., Ser. C.--Zool. & Bot. Adelaide. Scientific Report, Australasian Antarctic Expedition v. 3 (pt 1): 1-92, Pls. 1-5, 2 maps. [details]
original description (of Idiacanthus retrodorsalis Thompson, 1916) Thompson, W. F. (1916). Fishes collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" during 1888, between Montevideo, Uruguay, and Tome, Chile, on the voyage through the Straits of Magellan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 50 (no. 2133): 401-476, Pls. 2-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.50-2133.401 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Idiacanthus aurora Waite, 1916) Waite, E. R. (1916). Fishes. <em>In: Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-1914.</em> Sci. Rept., Ser. C.--Zool. & Bot. Adelaide. Scientific Report, Australasian Antarctic Expedition v. 3 (pt 1): 1-92, Pls. 1-5, 2 maps. [details]
original description (of Idiacanthus retrodorsalis Thompson, 1916) Thompson, W. F. (1916). Fishes collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" during 1888, between Montevideo, Uruguay, and Tome, Chile, on the voyage through the Straits of Magellan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 50 (no. 2133): 401-476, Pls. 2-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.50-2133.401 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | black dragonfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Idiacanthus retrodorsalis Thompson, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Idiacanthus aurora Waite, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Idiacanthus niger Regan, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Idiacanthus atlanticus)
To FishBase (from synonym Idiacanthus retrodorsalis Thompson, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Idiacanthus niger Regan, 1914)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Idiacanthus aurora Waite, 1916)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Idiacanthus niger Regan, 1914; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9430947) (from synonym Idiacanthus niger Regan, 1914)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Idiacanthus atlanticus RAD115102-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Idiacanthus atlanticus RAD115102-003)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Idiacanthus retrodorsalis Thompson, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Idiacanthus aurora Waite, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Idiacanthus niger Regan, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Idiacanthus atlanticus)
To FishBase (from synonym Idiacanthus retrodorsalis Thompson, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Idiacanthus niger Regan, 1914)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Idiacanthus aurora Waite, 1916)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Idiacanthus niger Regan, 1914; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9430947) (from synonym Idiacanthus niger Regan, 1914)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Idiacanthus atlanticus RAD115102-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Idiacanthus atlanticus RAD115102-003)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
