WoRMS taxon details
Bregmacerotidae Gill, 1872
- Genus Bregmaceros Thompson, 1840
- Genus Maorigadus Schwarzhans, 1980 †
- Genus Asthenurus Tickell, 1865 accepted as Bregmaceros Thompson, 1840
- Genus Bragmaceros accepted as Bregmaceros Thompson, 1840 (misspelling)
- Genus Calloptilum Richardson, 1845 accepted as Bregmaceros Thompson, 1840 (synonym)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: tropical and subtropical seas. Dorsal fins 2: first dorsal a single produced ray, the second with a large...
Distribution Distribution: tropical and subtropical seas. Dorsal fins 2: first dorsal a single produced ray, the second with a large notch at center as in anal fin. Anal fin long. Chin barbel absent. Scales relatively large; 40-89 in lateral series. Teeth present on head of vomer. Pelvic fin rays 5, the outer three drawn out into free filaments. Pyloric caeca few. No otophysic connection between swim bladder and auditory capsules. Vertebrae 43-59. About 12 cm maximum length. Additional taxonomic work is required in order to define and classify the species and map their distributions. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bregmacerotidae Gill, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125468 on 2025-07-02
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Nomenclature
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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution: tropical and subtropical seas. Dorsal fins 2: first dorsal a single produced ray, the second with a large notch at center as in anal fin. Anal fin long. Chin barbel absent. Scales relatively large; 40-89 in lateral series. Teeth present on head of vomer. Pelvic fin rays 5, the outer three drawn out into free filaments. Pyloric caeca few. No otophysic connection between swim bladder and auditory capsules. Vertebrae 43-59. About 12 cm maximum length. Additional taxonomic work is required in order to define and classify the species and map their distributions. [details]
