WoRMS taxon details
Caristius macropus (Bellotti, 1903)
126824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126824)
accepted
Species
Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elephenor macropus (Bellotti, 1903) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Platyberyx macropus (Bellotti, 1903) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Pteraclis macropus Bellotti, 1903 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pteraclis macropus Bellotti, 1903) Bellotti, C. (1903). Di un nuovo Pteraclide Giapponese. <em>Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali di Milano.</em> v. 42 (pt 2): 136-139, Pl. 6. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Caristius macropus (Bellotti, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126824 on 2026-10-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pteraclis macropus Bellotti, 1903) Bellotti, C. (1903). Di un nuovo Pteraclide Giapponese. <em>Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali di Milano.</em> v. 42 (pt 2): 136-139, Pl. 6. [details]
original description (of Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith, 1905) Gill, T. N.; Smith H. M. (1905). A new family of jugular acanthopterygians. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> v. 18: 249-250. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith, 1905) Gill, T. N.; Smith H. M. (1905). A new family of jugular acanthopterygians. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> v. 18: 249-250. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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 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 | manefishBigmouth manefish | [details] |
| French | cariste | [details] |
| Japanese | ヤエギス | [details] |
| Russian | Длинноперый карист | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Pteraclis macropus Bellotti, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith, 1905)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caristius macropus)
To FishBase (from synonym Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith, 1905)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pteraclis macropus Bellotti, 1903)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Pteraclis macropus Bellotti, 1903)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Platyberyx macropus (Bellotti, 1903))
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caristius japanicus USNM 155507 radiograph) (from synonym Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith, 1905)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Pteraclis macropus Bellotti, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith, 1905)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caristius macropus)
To FishBase (from synonym Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith, 1905)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pteraclis macropus Bellotti, 1903)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Pteraclis macropus Bellotti, 1903)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Platyberyx macropus (Bellotti, 1903))
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caristius japanicus USNM 155507 radiograph) (from synonym Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith, 1905)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
