WoRMS taxon details
Conocara nigrum (Günther, 1878)
272870 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272870)
accepted
Species
Alepocephalus niger Günther, 1878 · unaccepted
Ericara niger (Günther, 1878) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alepocephalus niger Günther, 1878) Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Conocara nigrum (Günther, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272870 on 2025-11-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Alepocephalus niger Günther, 1878) Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251. [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)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ericara niger (Günther, 1878))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Alepocephalus niger Günther, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conocara nigrum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus niger Günther, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Ericara niger (Günther, 1878))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Alepocephalus niger Günther, 1878)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Alepocephalus niger Günther, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conocara nigrum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus niger Günther, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Ericara niger (Günther, 1878))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Alepocephalus niger Günther, 1878)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
