WoRMS name details
Myctophum brachygnathum (Bleeker, 1856)
272720 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272720)
unaccepted
Species
Dasyscopelus pristilepis Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 · unaccepted
Myctoophum brachygnathum (Bleeker, 1856) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Myctophum brachignathum (Bleeker, 1856) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Myctophum brachygnathos (Bleeker, 1856) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scopelus brachygnathos Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Manado en Makassar, grootendeels verzameld op eene reis naar den Molukschen Archipel in het gevolg van den Gouverneur Generaal Duymaer van Twist. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 1 (6): 1-80. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Myctophum brachygnathum (Bleeker, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272720 on 2026-03-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scopelus brachygnathos Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Manado en Makassar, grootendeels verzameld op eene reis naar den Molukschen Archipel in het gevolg van den Gouverneur Generaal Duymaer van Twist. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 1 (6): 1-80. [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.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
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Dasyscopelus pristilepis Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Myctophum brachygnathos (Bleeker, 1856))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myctophum brachygnathum)
To FishBase (from synonym Dasyscopelus pristilepis Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum brachignathum (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum brachygnathos (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myctoophum brachygnathum (Bleeker, 1856))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Dasyscopelus pristilepis Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Myctophum brachygnathos (Bleeker, 1856))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myctophum brachygnathum)
To FishBase (from synonym Dasyscopelus pristilepis Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum brachignathum (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum brachygnathos (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myctoophum brachygnathum (Bleeker, 1856))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To ITIS
