WoRMS taxon details
Brotula townsendi Fowler, 1900
275891 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275891)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fowler, H. W. (1900). Contributions to the ichthyology of the tropical Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 52: 493-528, Pls. 18-20. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Brotula townsendi Fowler, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275891 on 2026-06-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Fowler, H. W. (1900). Contributions to the ichthyology of the tropical Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 52: 493-528, Pls. 18-20. [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
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
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brotula townsendi)
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brotula townsendi USNM 409697 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brotula townsendi USNM 424104 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brotula townsendi)
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brotula townsendi USNM 409697 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brotula townsendi USNM 424104 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
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