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WoRMS taxon details

Acanthonus armatus Günther, 1878

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158998  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158998)

  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. Ophidiiformes (Order)
  11. Acanthonidae (Family)
  12. Acanthonus (Genus)
  13. Acanthonus armatus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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] 
Distribution Hudson Canyon to the Caribbean  
Distribution Hudson Canyon to the Caribbean [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acanthonus armatus Günther, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158998 on 2025-04-06
Date
action
by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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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. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5). 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251. [details] 

original description (of Acanthonus spinifer Garman, 1899) Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-N. [details] 

basis of record Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary. [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] OpenAccess publication

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 (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] 

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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
Polygons
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Hudson Canyon to the Caribbean [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English bony-eared assfish  [details]
Japanese ハナトゲアシロ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Acanthonus spinifer Garman, 1899)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthonus armatus) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthonus spinifer Garman, 1899)
To FishBase images (Acanthonus armatus, by Günther, A.C.L.G.) 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Acanthonus armatus</i>, by Günther, A.C.L.G.)
To FishBase images (Acanthonus armatus, by Günther, A.C.L.G.)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Acanthonus armatus, 1780 m Guayanilla Canyon, Caribbean. Photograph courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer, Océano Profundo 2015. Identification from photograph by A. Quattrini et al. For more information see: Quattrini AM, Demopoulos AWJ, Singer R, Roa-Veron A, Chaytor JD (2017). Demersal fish assemblages on seamounts and other rugged features in the northeastern Caribbean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 123: 90-104.
Acanthonus armatus, 2746 m Exocet Bank, Caribbean. Photograph courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer, Océano Profundo 2015. Identification from photograph by A. Quattrini et al. For more information see: Quattrini AM, Demopoulos AWJ, Singer R, Roa-Veron A, Chaytor JD (2017). Demersal fish assemblages on seamounts and other rugged features in the northeastern Caribbean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 123: 90-104.
Acanthonus armatus, 1772 -2206 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean. Photograph courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust. Identification from photograph by A. Quattrini et al. For more information see: Quattrini AM, Demopoulos AWJ, Singer R, Roa-Veron A, Chaytor JD (2017). Demersal fish assemblages on seamounts and other rugged features in the northeastern Caribbean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 123: 90-104.
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