CaRMS taxon details
original description
(of ) Günther, A. (1882). Report on the fishes. <em>In: Tizard, T. H., and J. Murray. Exploration of the Faröe channel, during the summer of 1880, in H. M.'s hired ship "Knight Errant.". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> v. 11: 677-680. [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
Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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 on small benthic invertebrates [details]
Distribution Western North Atlantic from Davis Strait, generally off of Nova Scotia, Georges Bank, southward to Rhode Island [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found at depths of 181- 1462 m off the North American coast. [details]
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cottunculus torvus P03686 illustration)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cottunculus torvus P03687 illustration)
Hosted externally
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