WoRMS taxon details
Photostomias atrox (Alcock, 1890)
398365 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398365)
accepted
Species
Thaumastomias atrox Alcock, 1890 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Thaumastomias atrox Alcock, 1890) Alcock, A. W. (1890). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding.--No. 16. On the bathybial fishes collected in the Bay of Bengal during the season 1889-1890. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26): 197-222, Pls. 8-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939008694027 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Photostomias atrox (Alcock, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398365 on 2026-03-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Thaumastomias atrox Alcock, 1890) Alcock, A. W. (1890). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding.--No. 16. On the bathybial fishes collected in the Bay of Bengal during the season 1889-1890. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26): 197-222, Pls. 8-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939008694027 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
