WoRMS taxon details
Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890)
217680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217680)
accepted
Species
Benthosema pterota (Alcock, 1890) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Benthosema ptertum (Alcock, 1890) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Myctophum gilberti Evermann & Seale, 1907 · unaccepted
Myctophum pterotum (Alcock, 1890) · unaccepted
Scopelus pterotum Alcock, 1890 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scopelus pterotus Alcock, 1890 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scopelus pterotum Alcock, 1890) Alcock, A. W. (1890). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding.--No. 16. On the bathybial fishes collected in the Bay of Bengal during the season 1889-1890. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26): 197-222, Pls. 8-9. [details]
Description Inhabits slope and near continental/island waters (Ref. 9835). Feeds in the evening/night (Ref. 9191). Copepods and various...
Description Inhabits slope and near continental/island waters (Ref. 9835). Feeds in the evening/night (Ref. 9191). Copepods and various crustacean larvae seem to be the dominant food items. Lipid content is 4.6 % in fresh body weight (Ref. 8966). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217680 on 2025-03-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Myctophum gilberti Evermann & Seale, 1907) Evermann, B.W.; Seale, A. (1907). Fishes of the Philippine Islands. Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish. 26(1906):49-110. [details]
original description (of Scopelus pterotus Alcock, 1890) Alcock, A. W. (1890). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding.--No. 16. On the bathybial fishes collected in the Bay of Bengal during the season 1889-1890. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26): 197-222, Pls. 8-9. [details]
original description (of Scopelus pterotum Alcock, 1890) Alcock, A. W. (1890). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding.--No. 16. On the bathybial fishes collected in the Bay of Bengal during the season 1889-1890. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26): 197-222, Pls. 8-9. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Scopelus pterotus Alcock, 1890) Alcock, A. W. (1890). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding.--No. 16. On the bathybial fishes collected in the Bay of Bengal during the season 1889-1890. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26): 197-222, Pls. 8-9. [details]
original description (of Scopelus pterotum Alcock, 1890) Alcock, A. W. (1890). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding.--No. 16. On the bathybial fishes collected in the Bay of Bengal during the season 1889-1890. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26): 197-222, Pls. 8-9. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
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 (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
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 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
[request]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
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 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
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits slope and near continental/island waters (Ref. 9835). Feeds in the evening/night (Ref. 9191). Copepods and various crustacean larvae seem to be the dominant food items. Lipid content is 4.6 % in fresh body weight (Ref. 8966). [details]
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scopelus pterotus Alcock, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Myctophum gilberti Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Benthosema pterota (Alcock, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Myctophum pterotum (Alcock, 1890))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Benthosema pterotum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum gilberti Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus pterotus Alcock, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus pterotum Alcock, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Benthosema pterota (Alcock, 1890))
To FishBase (from synonym Benthosema ptertum (Alcock, 1890))
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum pterotum (Alcock, 1890))
To FishBase images (Benthosema pterotum, India, by Devarapalli, P.)
To GenBank (661 nucleotides; 81 proteins)
To GenBank (661 nucleotides; 81 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus pterotus Alcock, 1890)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophum gilberti P09699 illustration) (from synonym Myctophum gilberti Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scopelus pterotus Alcock, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Myctophum gilberti Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Benthosema pterota (Alcock, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Myctophum pterotum (Alcock, 1890))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Benthosema pterotum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum gilberti Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus pterotus Alcock, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus pterotum Alcock, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Benthosema pterota (Alcock, 1890))
To FishBase (from synonym Benthosema ptertum (Alcock, 1890))
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum pterotum (Alcock, 1890))
To FishBase images (Benthosema pterotum, India, by Devarapalli, P.)
To GenBank (661 nucleotides; 81 proteins)
To GenBank (661 nucleotides; 81 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus pterotus Alcock, 1890)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophum gilberti P09699 illustration) (from synonym Myctophum gilberti Evermann & Seale, 1907)
To ITIS
