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]
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]
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
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]
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
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed