WoRMS taxon details

Eumecichthys fiski (Günther, 1890)

217888  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217888)

accepted
Species
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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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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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] 

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] OpenAccess publication

 
 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]
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English unicornfishunicorn crestfish  [details]
Japanese テングノタチ  [details]