MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Alepocephalus Risso, 1820

Deep-Sea taxon details

Alepocephalus Risso, 1820

AphiaID

125868 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125868)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Alepocephalidae Bonaparte, 1846

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Species Alepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883
Species Alepocephalus andersoni Fowler, 1934
Species Alepocephalus antipodianus (Parrott, 1948)
Species Alepocephalus australis Barnard, 1923
Species Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879
Species Alepocephalus bicolor Alcock, 1891
Species Alepocephalus longiceps Lloyd, 1909
Species Alepocephalus longirostris Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984
Species Alepocephalus owstoni Tanaka, 1908
Species Alepocephalus planifrons Sazonov, 1993
Species Alepocephalus productus Gill, 1883
Species Alepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820
Species Alepocephalus tenebrosus Gilbert, 1892
Species Alepocephalus triangularis Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984
Species Alepocephalus umbriceps Jordan & Thompson, 1914
Species Alepocephalus agassizi Goode & Bean, 1883 accepted as Alepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883 (misspelling)
Species Alepocephalus bairdi Goode & Bean, 1879 accepted as Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879 (misspelling)
Species Alepocephalus barnardi Norman, 1930 accepted as Alepocephalus australis Barnard, 1923
Species Alepocephalus edentulus Alcock, 1892 accepted as Einara edentula (Alcock, 1892)
Species Alepocephalus giardi Köhler, 1896 accepted as Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879
Species Alepocephalus macropterus Vaillant, 1888 accepted as Conocara macropterum (Vaillant, 1888) (Basionym)
Species Alepocephalus niger Günther, 1878 accepted as Conocara nigrum (Günther, 1878)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Risso, A. (1820). Mémoire sur un nouveau genre de poisson nommé Alépocéphale vivant dans les grandes profondeurs de la mer de Nice. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. v. 25: 270-272, Pl. 10 (fig. 4). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Alepocephalus Risso, 1820. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125868 on 2025-04-07

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Alepocephalus Risso, 1820. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125868 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Risso, A. (1820). Mémoire sur un nouveau genre de poisson nommé Alépocéphale vivant dans les grandes profondeurs de la mer de Nice. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. v. 25: 270-272, Pl. 10 (fig. 4). [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]