WoRMS taxon details
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Parr, 1933
126843 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126843)
accepted
Species
Pseudoscopelus microps Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Parr, A. E. (1933). Deepsea Berycomorphi and Percomorphi from the waters around the Bahama and Bermuda islands. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1927.). <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> v. 3 (art. 6): 1-51. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Parr, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126843 on 2025-05-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Parr, A. E. (1933). Deepsea Berycomorphi and Percomorphi from the waters around the Bahama and Bermuda islands. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1927.). <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> v. 3 (art. 6): 1-51. [details]
original description (of Pseudoscopelus microps Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. [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 Pseudoscopelus microps Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Shortfin luminous swallower | [details] |
| Russian | Короткоперый светящийся живоглот | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudoscopelus altipinnis)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoscopelus microps Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Pseudoscopelus altipinnis, by Orlov, A.)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudoscopelus microps USNM 93139 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Pseudoscopelus microps Fowler, 1934)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudoscopelus altipinnis)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoscopelus microps Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Pseudoscopelus altipinnis, by Orlov, A.)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudoscopelus microps USNM 93139 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Pseudoscopelus microps Fowler, 1934)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
