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WoRMS taxon details
Desmodema lorum Rosenblatt & Butler, 1977
275872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275872)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rosenblatt, R. H.; Butler, J. L. (1977). The ribbonfish genus Desmodema, with the description of a new species (Pisces, Trachipteridae). <em>United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin.</em> 75 (4): 843-855. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Desmodema lorum Rosenblatt & Butler, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275872 on 2026-08-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Rosenblatt, R. H.; Butler, J. L. (1977). The ribbonfish genus Desmodema, with the description of a new species (Pisces, Trachipteridae). <em>United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin.</em> 75 (4): 843-855. [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]
context source (PeRMS) Nakaya, K., Yabe, M., Imamura, H., Romero, M. , Yoshida, M. (Eds.). (2009). Deep-sea fishes of Peru. <em>Japan Deep Sea Trawlers Association, Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> [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]
context source (PeRMS) Nakaya, K., Yabe, M., Imamura, H., Romero, M. , Yoshida, M. (Eds.). (2009). Deep-sea fishes of Peru. <em>Japan Deep Sea Trawlers Association, Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | whiptail ribbonfish | [details] |
| Japanese | オキフリソデウオ | [details] |
| Russian | Длиннохвостая десмодема | [details] |
| Spanish | listoncillo látigo | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Desmodema lorum)
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Desmodema lorum USNM 216726 Holotype radiograph head)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Desmodema lorum USNM 216726 Holotype radiograph midsection)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Desmodema lorum)
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Desmodema lorum USNM 216726 Holotype radiograph head)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Desmodema lorum USNM 216726 Holotype radiograph midsection)
To ITIS
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