WoRMS taxon details
Bathypterois longipes Günther, 1878
126344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126344)
accepted
Species
Bathypteroides longipes · unaccepted (spelling variation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251. [details]
Distribution Atlantic: off Northwestern (south of Cape Verde Is.; off Cape Blanc) and southwestern Africa, both sides of North Atlantic,...
Distribution Atlantic: off Northwestern (south of Cape Verde Is.; off Cape Blanc) and southwestern Africa, both sides of North Atlantic, off Uruguay in the South Atlantic [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bathypterois longipes Günther, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126344 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251. [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 Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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 Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on crustaceans [details]Distribution Atlantic: off Northwestern (south of Cape Verde Is.; off Cape Blanc) and southwestern Africa, both sides of North Atlantic, off Uruguay in the South Atlantic [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat solitary; occurs in waters with a temperature range of 4°49'-0°39'C. Uses its specialized finrays (tripod) to elevate body into water column [details]
Reproduction Hermaphroditic [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathypterois longipes)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Bathypterois longipes, Australia, by Graham, K.)
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathypterois P01693 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathypterois longipes)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Bathypterois longipes, Australia, by Graham, K.)
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathypterois P01693 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
