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Malacocephalus (Malacocephalus) laevis (Lowe, 1843)

127444  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127444)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Gadiformes (Order)
  11. Macrouridae (Family)
  12. Macrourinae (Subfamily)
  13. Malacocephalus (Genus)
  14. Malacocephalus (Malacocephalus) (Subgenus)
  15. Malacocephalus (Malacocephalus) laevis (Species)
alternative representation
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Macrourus laevis Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [details] 
Description In the past, fishermen in the North Atlantic were reported to have used the luminiscent excretion from the ventral light...  
Description In the past, fishermen in the North Atlantic were reported to have used the luminiscent excretion from the ventral light organ to enhance baits used for codfishing. @M. hawaiiensis@,@M. luzonensis@, and @M. nipponensis@ are closely related to @M. laevis@ and may eventually prove to represent populations of this species, if a comprehensive comparison of material from the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Pacific is done. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Malacocephalus (Malacocephalus) laevis (Lowe, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127444 on 2024-11-25
Date
action
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2013-02-01 12:29:33Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of Macrourus laevis Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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] 

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  PDF available [request]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). 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
Description In the past, fishermen in the North Atlantic were reported to have used the luminiscent excretion from the ventral light organ to enhance baits used for codfishing. @M. hawaiiensis@,@M. luzonensis@, and @M. nipponensis@ are closely related to @M. laevis@ and may eventually prove to represent populations of this species, if a comprehensive comparison of material from the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Pacific is done. [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LanguageName 
English softhead grenadier  [details]
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