World Register of Deep-Sea species - Helicolenus Goode & Bean, 1896

Deep-Sea taxon details

Helicolenus Goode & Bean, 1896

AphiaID

126174 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126174)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Scorpaena dactyloptera Delaroche, 1809 accepted as Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809)

Parent

Sebastinae Kaup, 1873

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Species Helicolenus avius Abe & Eschmeyer, 1972
Species Helicolenus barathri (Hector, 1875)
Species Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809)
Species Helicolenus fedorovi Barsukov, 1973
Species Helicolenus lahillei Norman, 1937
Species Helicolenus mouchezi (Sauvage, 1875)
Species Helicolenus percoides (Richardson & Solander, 1842)
Species Helicolenus maculatus (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809)
Species Helicolenus maderensis Goode & Bean, 1896 accepted as Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809)
Species Helicolenus tristanensis Sivertsen, 1945 accepted as Helicolenus mouchezi (Sauvage, 1875)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Helicolenus Goode & Bean, 1896. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126174 on 2026-10-06

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Helicolenus Goode & Bean, 1896. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126174 on 2026-10-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-08-28 10:18:39Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-03-11 12:13:38Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [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, 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]