WoRMS taxon details
Alepocephalus australis Barnard, 1923
217603 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217603)
accepted
Species
Alepocephalus australis barnardi Norman, 1930 · unaccepted
Alepocephalus barnardi Norman, 1930 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Alepocephalus australis barnardi Norman, 1930 accepted as Alepocephalus australis Barnard, 1923
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Barnard, K. H. (1923). Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Alepocephalus australis Barnard, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217603 on 2025-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Barnard, K. H. (1923). Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445. [details]
original description (of Alepocephalus barnardi Norman, 1930) Norman, J. R. (1930). Oceanic fishes and flatfishes collected in 1925-1927. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 2: 261-369, Pl. 2. [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 Alepocephalus barnardi Norman, 1930) Norman, J. R. (1930). Oceanic fishes and flatfishes collected in 1925-1927. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 2: 261-369, Pl. 2. [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]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アラメコンニャクイワシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Alepocephalus australis barnardi Norman, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Alepocephalus barnardi Norman, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Alepocephalus australis barnardi Norman, 1930)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alepocephalus australis)
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus australis barnardi Norman, 1930)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus barnardi Norman, 1930)
To FishBase images (Alepocephalus australis, by Bañón Díaz, R.)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alepocephalus australis USNM 215588 photograph)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Alepocephalus australis barnardi Norman, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Alepocephalus barnardi Norman, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Alepocephalus australis barnardi Norman, 1930)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alepocephalus australis)
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus australis barnardi Norman, 1930)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Alepocephalus barnardi Norman, 1930)
To FishBase images (Alepocephalus australis, by Bañón Díaz, R.)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alepocephalus australis USNM 215588 photograph)
To PESI
To ITIS
