WoRMS taxon details
Aptocyclus ventricosus (Pallas, 1769)
254299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254299)
accepted
Species
Cyclopterichthys glaber Steindachner, 1881 · unaccepted
Cyclopterichthys ventricosus (Pallas, 1769) · unaccepted
Cyclopterus stelleri Pallas, 1814 · unaccepted
Cyclopterus ventricosus Pallas, 1769 · unaccepted
Elephantichthys copeianus Hubbs & Schultz, 1934 · unaccepted
Pelagocyclus vitiazi Lindberg & Legeza, 1955 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cyclopterus ventricosus Pallas, 1769) Pallas, P. S. (1769). Spicilegia Zoologica quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. <em>Berolini, Gottl. August. Lange.</em> v. 1 (fasc. 7): 1-42, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 15, Pl. 2 (figs. 1-3) [details]
page(s): 15, Pl. 2 (figs. 1-3) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Aptocyclus ventricosus (Pallas, 1769). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254299 on 2025-11-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cyclopterus stelleri Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Cyclopterus ventricosus Pallas, 1769) Pallas, P. S. (1769). Spicilegia Zoologica quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. <em>Berolini, Gottl. August. Lange.</em> v. 1 (fasc. 7): 1-42, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 15, Pl. 2 (figs. 1-3) [details]
original description (of Cyclopterichthys glaber Steindachner, 1881) Steindachner, F. (1881). Ichthyologische Beiträge (X). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 83 (1. Abth.): 179-219, Pls. 1-8. [Also as separate, pp. 1-41, Pls. 1-8]. [details]
original description (of Elephantichthys copeianus Hubbs & Schultz, 1934) Hubbs, C. L.; Schultz, L. P. (1934). Elephantichthys copeianus, a new cyclopterid fish from Alaska. <em>Copeia.</em> 1934 (no. 1): 21-26 + insert fig. [details]
original description (of Pelagocyclus vitiazi Lindberg & Legeza, 1955) Lindberg, G. U.; Legeza, M. I. (1955). A review of the genera and species of the subfamily Cyclopterinae (Pisces). <em>Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademii Nauk SSSR.</em> 18: 389-458. [In Russian. English translation by Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1964.]. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Cyclopterus ventricosus Pallas, 1769) Pallas, P. S. (1769). Spicilegia Zoologica quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. <em>Berolini, Gottl. August. Lange.</em> v. 1 (fasc. 7): 1-42, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 15, Pl. 2 (figs. 1-3) [details]
original description (of Cyclopterichthys glaber Steindachner, 1881) Steindachner, F. (1881). Ichthyologische Beiträge (X). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 83 (1. Abth.): 179-219, Pls. 1-8. [Also as separate, pp. 1-41, Pls. 1-8]. [details]
original description (of Elephantichthys copeianus Hubbs & Schultz, 1934) Hubbs, C. L.; Schultz, L. P. (1934). Elephantichthys copeianus, a new cyclopterid fish from Alaska. <em>Copeia.</em> 1934 (no. 1): 21-26 + insert fig. [details]
original description (of Pelagocyclus vitiazi Lindberg & Legeza, 1955) Lindberg, G. U.; Legeza, M. I. (1955). A review of the genera and species of the subfamily Cyclopterinae (Pisces). <em>Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademii Nauk SSSR.</em> 18: 389-458. [In Russian. English translation by Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1964.]. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smooth lumpsucker | [details] |
| French | poule de mer ventrue | [details] |
| Japanese | ホテイウオオキホテイウオ [from synonym] | [details] |
| Russian | Рыба-лягушка | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Cyclopterichthys glaber Steindachner, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cyclopterus ventricosus Pallas, 1769)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Cyclopterichthys ventricosus (Pallas, 1769))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Elephantichthys copeianus Hubbs & Schultz, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cyclopterus stelleri Pallas, 1814)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pelagocyclus vitiazi Lindberg & Legeza, 1955)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aptocyclus ventricosus)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclopterus stelleri Pallas, 1814)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclopterus ventricosus Pallas, 1769)
To FishBase (from synonym Elephantichthys copeianus Hubbs & Schultz, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclopterichthys ventricosus (Pallas, 1769))
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclopterichthys glaber Steindachner, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Pelagocyclus vitiazi Lindberg & Legeza, 1955)
To GenBank (132 nucleotides; 134 proteins) (from synonym Cyclopterus ventricosus Pallas, 1769)
To GenBank (132 nucleotides; 134 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Cyclopterichthys glaber Steindachner, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cyclopterus ventricosus Pallas, 1769)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Cyclopterichthys ventricosus (Pallas, 1769))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Elephantichthys copeianus Hubbs & Schultz, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cyclopterus stelleri Pallas, 1814)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pelagocyclus vitiazi Lindberg & Legeza, 1955)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aptocyclus ventricosus)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclopterus stelleri Pallas, 1814)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclopterus ventricosus Pallas, 1769)
To FishBase (from synonym Elephantichthys copeianus Hubbs & Schultz, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclopterichthys ventricosus (Pallas, 1769))
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclopterichthys glaber Steindachner, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Pelagocyclus vitiazi Lindberg & Legeza, 1955)
To GenBank (132 nucleotides; 134 proteins) (from synonym Cyclopterus ventricosus Pallas, 1769)
To GenBank (132 nucleotides; 134 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
