WoRMS taxon details
Bembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock, 1894)
219139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219139)
accepted
Species
Bathypercis platyrhynchus Alcock, 1894 · unaccepted
Bembrops aethalea McKay, 1971 · unaccepted
Bembrops filamentosa Norman, 1939 · unaccepted
Bembrops filifer Fowler, 1938 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bathypercis platyrhynchus Alcock, 1894) Alcock, A. W. (1894). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer, `Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II., No. 9. An account of the deep sea collection made during the season of 1892-93. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 62 (pt 2, No. 4): 169-184, Pls. 8-9. [Volume for 1893 actually issued in 1894. Also as a separate with dual pagination.]. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219139 on 2026-06-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bembrops aethalea McKay, 1971) McKay, R. J. (1971). Two new genera and five new species of percophidid fishes (Pisces: Percophididae) from Western Australia. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.</em> 54 (pt 2): 40-46. [details]
original description (of Bembrops filamentosa Norman, 1939) Norman, J. R. (1939). Fishes. The John Murray Expedition 1933-34. <em>Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition.</em> 7 (1): 1-116. [details]
original description (of Bembrops filifer Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 85 (3032): 31-135., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.85-3032.31 [details]
original description (of Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939) Fowler, H. W. (1939). Ichthyological notes, No. 1. <em>Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia).</em> No. 3: 1-2. [details]
original description (of Bathypercis platyrhynchus Alcock, 1894) Alcock, A. W. (1894). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer, `Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II., No. 9. An account of the deep sea collection made during the season of 1892-93. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 62 (pt 2, No. 4): 169-184, Pls. 8-9. [Volume for 1893 actually issued in 1894. Also as a separate with dual pagination.]. [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 Bembrops filamentosa Norman, 1939) Norman, J. R. (1939). Fishes. The John Murray Expedition 1933-34. <em>Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition.</em> 7 (1): 1-116. [details]
original description (of Bembrops filifer Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 85 (3032): 31-135., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.85-3032.31 [details]
original description (of Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939) Fowler, H. W. (1939). Ichthyological notes, No. 1. <em>Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia).</em> No. 3: 1-2. [details]
original description (of Bathypercis platyrhynchus Alcock, 1894) Alcock, A. W. (1894). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer, `Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II., No. 9. An account of the deep sea collection made during the season of 1892-93. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 62 (pt 2, No. 4): 169-184, Pls. 8-9. [Volume for 1893 actually issued in 1894. Also as a separate with dual pagination.]. [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Natal duckbill | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939)
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bembrops filamentosa Norman, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Bembrops filifer Fowler, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Bathypercis platyrhynchus Alcock, 1894)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bembrops philippinus) (from synonym Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bembrops platyrhynchus)
To FishBase (from synonym Bembrops aethalea McKay, 1971)
To FishBase (from synonym Bembrops filamentosa Norman, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Bembrops filifer Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathypercis platyrhynchus Alcock, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Bathypercis platyrhynchus Alcock, 1894)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bembrops filifer P01738 illustration) (from synonym Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bembrops filamentosa Norman, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Bembrops filifer Fowler, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Bathypercis platyrhynchus Alcock, 1894)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bembrops philippinus) (from synonym Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bembrops platyrhynchus)
To FishBase (from synonym Bembrops aethalea McKay, 1971)
To FishBase (from synonym Bembrops filamentosa Norman, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Bembrops filifer Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathypercis platyrhynchus Alcock, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Bathypercis platyrhynchus Alcock, 1894)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bembrops filifer P01738 illustration) (from synonym Bembrops philippinus Fowler, 1939)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
