WoRMS taxon details
Aethotaxis mitopteryx DeWitt, 1962
234660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234660)
accepted
Species
Aethotaxis mitopteryx mitopteryx DeWitt, 1962 · unaccepted
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni Miller, 1993 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Aethotaxis mitopteryx mitopteryx DeWitt, 1962 accepted as Aethotaxis mitopteryx DeWitt, 1962
- Subspecies Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni Miller, 1993 accepted as Aethotaxis mitopteryx DeWitt, 1962
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
DeWitt, H. H. (1962). A new Antarctic nototheniid fish with notes on two recently described Nototheniiformes. <em>Copeia 1962.</em> (4): 826-833., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1440685 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Aethotaxis mitopteryx DeWitt, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234660 on 2026-03-18
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Nomenclature
original description
DeWitt, H. H. (1962). A new Antarctic nototheniid fish with notes on two recently described Nototheniiformes. <em>Copeia 1962.</em> (4): 826-833., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1440685 [details]
original description (of Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni Miller, 1993) Miller, R.G. (1993). History and atlas of the fishes of the Antarctic Ocean. <em>Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies. Carson City, Nevada.</em> i-xx + 1-792. [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 Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni Miller, 1993) Miller, R.G. (1993). History and atlas of the fishes of the Antarctic Ocean. <em>Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies. Carson City, Nevada.</em> i-xx + 1-792. [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 Koubbi, P., G. Duhamel & S. Pavoine. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Pisces. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramspisces.php [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. [details]
additional source Koubbi, P., G. Duhamel & S. Pavoine. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Pisces. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramspisces.php [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | threadfin pithead [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aethotaxis mitopteryx)
To FishBase (from synonym Aethotaxis mitopteryx mitopteryx DeWitt, 1962)
To FishBase (from synonym Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni Miller, 1993)
To FishBase
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 70 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aethotaxis mitopteryx)
To FishBase (from synonym Aethotaxis mitopteryx mitopteryx DeWitt, 1962)
To FishBase (from synonym Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni Miller, 1993)
To FishBase
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 70 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
