WoRMS taxon details
Ventrifossa petersonii (Alcock, 1891)
275604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275604)
accepted
Species
Macrurus hispidus Alcock, 1889 · unaccepted
Macrurus petersonii Alcock, 1891 · unaccepted
Ventrifossa petersoni (Alcock, 1891) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Macrurus petersonii Alcock, 1891) Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890-1891. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 8 (43): 16-34, pl. 7-8; 8 (44): 119-138; 8 (46): 268-286; 8 (47): 353-362; 8 (48): 427-452, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19244692 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ventrifossa petersonii (Alcock, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275604 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Macrurus hispidus Alcock, 1889) Alcock, A. (1889). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer ‘Investigator', Commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., commanding.---No. 13. On the bathybial fishes of the Bay of Bengal and neighbouring waters, obtained during the seasons 1885-1889. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 4(6): 376-399., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19301868 [details]
original description (of Macrurus petersonii Alcock, 1891) Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890-1891. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 8 (43): 16-34, pl. 7-8; 8 (44): 119-138; 8 (46): 268-286; 8 (47): 353-362; 8 (48): 427-452, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19244692 [details]
original description (of Macrurus petersonii Alcock, 1891) Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890-1891. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 8 (43): 16-34, pl. 7-8; 8 (44): 119-138; 8 (46): 268-286; 8 (47): 353-362; 8 (48): 427-452, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19244692 [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)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Peterson's grenadier [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ventrifossa petersoni (Alcock, 1891))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Macrurus hispidus Alcock, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Macrurus petersonii Alcock, 1891)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus petersonii Alcock, 1891)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus hispidus Alcock, 1889)
To FishBase (from synonym Ventrifossa petersoni (Alcock, 1891))
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Ventrifossa petersoni, by FAO) (from synonym Ventrifossa petersoni (Alcock, 1891))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Macrurus hispidus Alcock, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Macrurus petersonii Alcock, 1891)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus petersonii Alcock, 1891)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus hispidus Alcock, 1889)
To FishBase (from synonym Ventrifossa petersoni (Alcock, 1891))
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Ventrifossa petersoni, by FAO) (from synonym Ventrifossa petersoni (Alcock, 1891))
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
