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Halosauropsis macrochir (Günther, 1878) 
AphiaID: 126639

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Notacanthiformes (Order) > Halosauridae (Family) > Halosauropsis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Halosauropsis Collett, 1896
Synonymised
taxa
  Aldrovandia macrochir (Günther, 1878)
Halosauropsis macrochira (misspelling)
Halosaurus goodei Gill, 1883
Halosaurus macrochir Günther, 1878
Halosaurus niger Gilchrist, 1906
Sources  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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

from synonym: BIOCEAN, available online at http://www.ifremer.fr/biocean/ [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English abyssal halosaur  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Mozambique [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on polychaetes, crustaceans, echinoderms and echiurids [details]

Distribution: Canada to 25°N, and off southern Brazil [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Habitat: Found on the lower slope, continental rise and upper abyss, primarily between 4° and 2°C isotherms. [details]
Image 
Halosauropsis macrochir
Halosauropsis macrochir
added on 2013-02-18 - author: Alexei Orlov ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126639
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
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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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Halosauropsis macrochir (Günther, 1878). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126639 on 2013-05-25
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