WoRMS taxon details
Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier, 1829
217961 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217961)
accepted
Species
Cyttosoma boops Gilchrist, 1904 · unaccepted
Oreosoma atlantica Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217961 on 2025-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis. [details]
original description (of Cyttosoma boops Gilchrist, 1904) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1904). Descriptions of new South African fishes. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 3: 1-16, Pls. 19-36. [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 Cyttosoma boops Gilchrist, 1904) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1904). Descriptions of new South African fishes. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 3: 1-16, Pls. 19-36. [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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cyttosoma boops Gilchrist, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreosoma atlanticum)
To FishBase (from synonym Oreosoma atlantica Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyttosoma boops Gilchrist, 1904)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Oreosoma atlanticum, by CSIRO)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Oreosoma atlanticum USNM 385874 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cyttosoma boops Gilchrist, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreosoma atlanticum)
To FishBase (from synonym Oreosoma atlantica Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyttosoma boops Gilchrist, 1904)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Oreosoma atlanticum, by CSIRO)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Oreosoma atlanticum USNM 385874 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
