WoRMS taxon details
Lyconus brachycolus Holt & Byrne, 1906
221502 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221502)
accepted
Species
Macruronus (Cynogadus) brachycolus (Holt & Byrne, 1906) · unaccepted (Alternate representation of a...)
Alternate representation of a superseded new combination
Macruronus brachycolus (Holt & Byrne, 1906) · unaccepted
Macruronus caninus Maul, 1951 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Holt, E. W. L.; Byrne L. W. (1906). On a new species of Lyconus from the north-east Atlantic. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 18 (no. 108): 423-426. [details]
Type locality contained in South West Ireland
type locality contained in South West Ireland [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lyconus brachycolus Holt & Byrne, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221502 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Holt, E. W. L.; Byrne L. W. (1906). On a new species of Lyconus from the north-east Atlantic. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 18 (no. 108): 423-426. [details]
original description (of Macruronus caninus Maul, 1951) Maul, G. E. (1951). Monografia dos peixes do Museu Municipal do Funchal. Famílias Macrouridae e Merlucciidae. <em>Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal.</em> No. 5 (art. 12): 5-55. [details]
original description (of Macruronus caninus Maul, 1951) Maul, G. E. (1951). Monografia dos peixes do Museu Municipal do Funchal. Famílias Macrouridae e Merlucciidae. <em>Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal.</em> No. 5 (art. 12): 5-55. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Lloris, D.; Matallanas, J.; Oliver P. (2005). Hakes of the world (Family Merlucciidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of hake species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 2. Rome, FAO. 57p. 12 colour plates. [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 Lloris, D.; Matallanas, J.; Oliver P. (2005). Hakes of the world (Family Merlucciidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of hake species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 2. Rome, FAO. 57p. 12 colour plates. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Juveniles are captured at a depth range from 150 to 700 m in deep ocean and far from the continental shelf and sea-mounts where the adults live. [details]Length Maximum known length is of 52.5 cm [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Macruronus caninus Maul, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lyconus brachycolus)
To FishBase (from synonym Macruronus brachycolus (Holt & Byrne, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Macruronus caninus Maul, 1951)
To FishBase
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Lyconus brachycolus Holt & Byrne, 1906; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3129471)
To PESI (from synonym Macruronus (Cynogadus) brachycolus (Holt & Byrne, 1906))
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Macruronus caninus Maul, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lyconus brachycolus)
To FishBase (from synonym Macruronus brachycolus (Holt & Byrne, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Macruronus caninus Maul, 1951)
To FishBase
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Lyconus brachycolus Holt & Byrne, 1906; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3129471)
To PESI (from synonym Macruronus (Cynogadus) brachycolus (Holt & Byrne, 1906))
To PESI
To ITIS
