WoRMS taxon details
Conocara macropterum (Vaillant, 1888)
126695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126695)
accepted
Species
Alepocephalus macropterus Vaillant, 1888 · unaccepted (Basionym)
Conocara macdonaldi Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Conocara macroptera (Vaillant, 1888) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Conocara mcdonaldi Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alepocephalus macropterus Vaillant, 1888) Vaillant, L. L. (1888). Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman" pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. <em>Poissons. Paris.</em> 1-406, Pls. 1-28. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Conocara macropterum (Vaillant, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126695 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Alepocephalus macropterus Vaillant, 1888) Vaillant, L. L. (1888). Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman" pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. <em>Poissons. Paris.</em> 1-406, Pls. 1-28. [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]
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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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 (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Conocara macroptera (Vaillant, 1888))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Alepocephalus macropterus Vaillant, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Conocara macdonaldi Goode & Bean, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conocara macropterum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Conocara mcdonaldi Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Conocara macdonaldi Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Conocara macroptera (Vaillant, 1888))
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus macropterus Vaillant, 1888)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Conocara macroptera (Vaillant, 1888))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Alepocephalus macropterus Vaillant, 1888)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Conocara macropterum RAD103984-004)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Conocara macropterum RAD103987-001)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Conocara macroptera (Vaillant, 1888))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Conocara macroptera (Vaillant, 1888))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Alepocephalus macropterus Vaillant, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Conocara macdonaldi Goode & Bean, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conocara macropterum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Conocara mcdonaldi Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Conocara macdonaldi Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Conocara macroptera (Vaillant, 1888))
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus macropterus Vaillant, 1888)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Conocara macroptera (Vaillant, 1888))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Alepocephalus macropterus Vaillant, 1888)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Conocara macropterum RAD103984-004)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Conocara macropterum RAD103987-001)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Conocara macroptera (Vaillant, 1888))
To ITIS
Unreviewed
