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Bathypterois grallator (Goode & Bean, 1886)

126343  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126343)

  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. Aulopiformes (Order)
  11. Ipnopidae (Family)
  12. Bathypterois (Genus)
  13. Bathypterois grallator (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Benthosaurus grallator Goode & Bean, 1886) Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging ... in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. coast survey steamer "Blake," ... XXVIII.--Description of thirteen species and two genera of fishes from the "Blake" collection. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> v. 12 (no. 5): 153-170. [details] 
Description Found on lower slope, continental rise and oceanic ridges. Solitary. Perches on substrate with the aid of specialized...  
Description Found on lower slope, continental rise and oceanic ridges. Solitary. Perches on substrate with the aid of specialized finrays (tripod), facing the current. Feeds on nektonic copepods and other small planktonic crustaceans. Synchronously hermaphroditic (Ref. 6688). [details]

Distribution 39.1°N to Gulf of Mexico including Caribbean and along Rio Grande Rise  
Distribution 39.1°N to Gulf of Mexico including Caribbean and along Rio Grande Rise [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Bathypterois grallator (Goode & Bean, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126343 on 2024-10-31
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of Benthosaurus grallator Goode & Bean, 1886) Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging ... in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. coast survey steamer "Blake," ... XXVIII.--Description of thirteen species and two genera of fishes from the "Blake" collection. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> v. 12 (no. 5): 153-170. [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 Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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 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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

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] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Classification In family Chlorophthalmidae in Fishbase 96 [details]

Description Found on lower slope, continental rise and oceanic ridges. Solitary. Perches on substrate with the aid of specialized finrays (tripod), facing the current. Feeds on nektonic copepods and other small planktonic crustaceans. Synchronously hermaphroditic (Ref. 6688). [details]

Diet Feeds on copepods and other small crustaceans  [details]

Distribution 39.1°N to Gulf of Mexico including Caribbean and along Rio Grande Rise [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat Found on lower slope, continental rise and oceanic ridges. Solitary. Perches on substrate with the aid of specialized finrays (tripod), facing the current. [details]

Reproduction Hermaphroditic [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English tripodfish  [details]
Japanese オオイトヒキイワシ  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Τριποδόψαρο  [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Skagerakia nilssoni Nybelin, 1947)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Benthosaurus grallator Goode & Bean, 1886)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Benthosaurus grallator Goode & Bean, 1886)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathypterois grallator) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Benthosaurus amblyops Bernard, 1958)
To FishBase (from synonym Benthosaurus grallator Goode & Bean, 1886)
To FishBase (from synonym Benthosaurus nilssoni (Nybelin, 1947))
To FishBase (from synonym Skagerakia nilssoni Nybelin, 1947)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Benthosaurus grallator Goode & Bean, 1886)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 22 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Bathypterois grallator, 3226 m Mona 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.
Bathypterois grallator, 1996-2022 m Mona Slide, 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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