Bolinichthys pyrsobolus
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Bolinichthys pyrsobolus (Alcock, 1890)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bolinichthys pyrsobolus (Alcock, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272652 on 2026-08-29
created: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Bolinichthys pyrsobolus (Alcock, 1890)
class: Teleostei
family: Myctophidae
genus: Bolinichthys
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6). v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26): 197-222, Pls. 8-9.
name published in: Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367.
name published in: Yang, J.-J.; Huang, Z.-Y. (1992). Description of a new species of lanternfish Bolinichthys (Family Myctophidae) from South China Sea. Tropic Oceanology. 11 (2): 77-82. [In Chinese, English summary.].
name published in year: 1890
name published in year: 1934
name published in year: 1992
order: Myctophiformes
parent name usage ID: 125816
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Alcock, 1890)
specific epithet: pyrsobolus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted