WoRMS taxon details
Himantolophus appelii (Clarke, 1878)
272572 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272572)
accepted
Species
Aegaeonichthys appelii Clarke, 1878 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Aegaeonichthys appelii Clarke, 1878) Clarke, F. E. (1878). On two new fishes. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 10 (art. 30) (for 1877): 243-246, Pl. 6.
page(s): 245, Pl. 6 (second from top) [details]
page(s): 245, Pl. 6 (second from top) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Himantolophus appelii (Clarke, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272572 on 2025-11-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Aegaeonichthys appelii Clarke, 1878) Clarke, F. E. (1878). On two new fishes. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 10 (art. 30) (for 1877): 243-246, Pl. 6.
page(s): 245, Pl. 6 (second from top) [details]
page(s): 245, Pl. 6 (second from top) [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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Himantolophus appelii)
To FishBase (from synonym Aegaeonichthys appelii Clarke, 1878)
To FishBase
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Aegaeonichthys appelii Clarke, 1878)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Himantolophus appelii)
To FishBase (from synonym Aegaeonichthys appelii Clarke, 1878)
To FishBase
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Aegaeonichthys appelii Clarke, 1878)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
