CaRMS taxon details
Alepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883
126681 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126681)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1883). Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer "Blake," Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> v. 10 (no. 5): 183-226. [details]
Distribution Davis Strait south to Honduras
Distribution Davis Strait south to Honduras [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Alepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126681 on 2025-03-28
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Alepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126681 on 2025-03-28
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Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1883). Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer "Blake," Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> v. 10 (no. 5): 183-226. [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 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). (2025). 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]
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 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). (2025). 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds mostly ctenophores, but also crustaceans, echinoderms and polychaetes [details]Distribution Davis Strait south to Honduras [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found over sand and clay bottoms, at depths of 600 - 2500m. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Agassiz' smoothhead | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alepocephalus agassizii)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Alepocephalus agassizii, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alepocephalus agassizii P00304 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alepocephalus agassizii)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Alepocephalus agassizii, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alepocephalus agassizii P00304 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
