WoRMS taxon details
Eumecichthys fiski (Günther, 1890)
217888 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217888)
accepted
Species
Lophotes fiski Günther, 1890 · unaccepted
Lophotes fiskii Günther, 1890 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lophotes fiski Günther, 1890) Günther, A. (1890). Description of a new species of deep-sea fish from the Cape (Lophotes fiski). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1890 (pt 2) (art. 2) (for 1 Apr. 1890): 244-247, Pls. 19-20. [details]
Description Mesopelagic species found at 1000 m depth (Ref. 5213). Rare species (Ref. 559).
Description Mesopelagic species found at 1000 m depth (Ref. 5213). Rare species (Ref. 559). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Eumecichthys fiski (Günther, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217888 on 2025-05-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lophotes fiski Günther, 1890) Günther, A. (1890). Description of a new species of deep-sea fish from the Cape (Lophotes fiski). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1890 (pt 2) (art. 2) (for 1 Apr. 1890): 244-247, Pls. 19-20. [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]
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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Mesopelagic species found at 1000 m depth (Ref. 5213). Rare species (Ref. 559). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Lophotes fiski Günther, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lophotes fiskii Günther, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eumecichthys fiski)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lophotes fiski Günther, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophotes fiskii Günther, 1890)
To FishBase images (Eumecichthys fiski, by NMFS/PIRO Observer Programs)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Lophotes fiski Günther, 1890)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eumechichthys fiski USNM 164170 radiograph head)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eumecichthys fiski RAD107975-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lophotes fiskii Günther, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eumecichthys fiski)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lophotes fiski Günther, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophotes fiskii Günther, 1890)
To FishBase images (Eumecichthys fiski, by NMFS/PIRO Observer Programs)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Lophotes fiski Günther, 1890)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eumechichthys fiski USNM 164170 radiograph head)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eumecichthys fiski RAD107975-001)
To ITIS
