Nomenclature
original description
Parr, A. E. (1951). Preliminary revision of the Alepocephalidae, with the introduction of a new family, Searsidae. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1531: 1-21. [details]
original description
(of Normichthys operosa Parr, 1951) Parr, A. E. (1951). Preliminary revision of the Alepocephalidae, with the introduction of a new family, Searsidae. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1531: 1-21. [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
Unreviewed
Distribution Emerald Bank to off Georges Bank; Iceland and western part of British Isles to Portugal including Azores Island [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found to depths of 1000 m. [details]
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed