MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pachystomias microdon (Günther, 1878)

WoRMS taxon details

Pachystomias microdon (Günther, 1878)

To FishBase images (<i>Pachystomias microdon</i>, by SFSA)

To FishBase images (Pachystomias microdon, by SFSA)

AphiaID

127367 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127367)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pachystomias Günther, 1887

Original name

Echiostoma microdon Günther, 1878

Synonymised names

Aristostomias brattstroemii Koefoed, 1956 · unaccepted

Echiostoma microdon Günther, 1878 · unaccepted

Pachistomias microdon (Günther, 1878) · unaccepted (misspelling)

Pachystomias atlanticus Regan & Trewavas, 1930 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

(of Echiostoma microdon Günther, 1878) Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5). 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251. [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution scattered records from 40°N-13°N

Distribution scattered records from 40°N-13°N [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pachystomias microdon (Günther, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127367 on 2025-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Echiostoma microdon Günther, 1878) Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5). 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, 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]

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. Scientific Data. 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]

context source (Bermuda) Beebe, W.; Crane, J. (1939). Deep-sea fishes of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expedition. Family Melanostomiatidae . Zoologica (New York), 24(6): 65-238 [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 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]