Deep-Sea taxon details
Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett, 1889
126402 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126402)
accepted
Species
Hoplostethus islandicus Kotthaus, 1952 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Collett, R. (1889). Diagnoses de poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes de "L'Hirondelle." III.-- Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Hoplostethus. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> v. 14: 306. [details]
Distribution from the Davis Strait west of the Southern tip of Greenland to the Labrador shelf and north east Newfoundland shelf and the...
Distribution from the Davis Strait west of the Southern tip of Greenland to the Labrador shelf and north east Newfoundland shelf and the Grand Banks [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett, 1889. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126402 on 2026-03-22
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett, 1889. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126402 on 2026-03-22
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Collett, R. (1889). Diagnoses de poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes de "L'Hirondelle." III.-- Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Hoplostethus. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> v. 14: 306. [details]
original description (of Hoplostethus islandicus Kotthaus, 1952) Kotthaus, A. (1952). Hoplostethus islandicus, nov. spec. (Acanthopterygia, Abt. Beryciformes, Familie Trachichthyidae) aus den südisländischen Gewässern. <em>Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> v. 4 (no. 1): 62-87., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02126103 [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 Kulka, D. W.; Themelis, D. E.; Halliday, R. G. (2001). Distribution and biology of orange roughy (Hoplotethus atlanticus, Collett, 1889) in the northwest Atlantic. <em>NAFO SCR Doc.</em> 1: 1-23. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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 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]
original description (of Hoplostethus islandicus Kotthaus, 1952) Kotthaus, A. (1952). Hoplostethus islandicus, nov. spec. (Acanthopterygia, Abt. Beryciformes, Familie Trachichthyidae) aus den südisländischen Gewässern. <em>Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> v. 4 (no. 1): 62-87., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02126103 [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 Kulka, D. W.; Themelis, D. E.; Halliday, R. G. (2001). Distribution and biology of orange roughy (Hoplotethus atlanticus, Collett, 1889) in the northwest Atlantic. <em>NAFO SCR Doc.</em> 1: 1-23. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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 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 prawns, mysids, amphipods, euphausiids and fishes including cardinalfish and lanternfish [details]Distribution from the Davis Strait west of the Southern tip of Greenland to the Labrador shelf and north east Newfoundland shelf and the Grand Banks [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat Inhabits deep, cold waters over steep continental slopes, ocean ridges and sea-mounts. Appears to be dispersed over both rough bottoms and steep, rough grounds where it feeds on crustaceans and fish. [details]
Importance Social- Highly Commercial fishery [details]
Reproduction Forms dense spawning aggregations, external fertilization; pelagic eggs [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | soldatfisk | [details] |
| Dutch | keizerbaarsAtlantische slijmkopAtlantische dorie | [details] |
| English | slimeheadrosy soldier fishred roughyorange roughydeep sea perch | [details] |
| French | poisson-montrehoplostèthe orangehoplostète rougehoplostète orangeempereur | [details] |
| German | KaiserbarshKaiserbarschGranatbarschDegenfischAtlantischer sägebauch | [details] |
| Hebrew | צינתן | [details] |
| Japanese | Orenzi-rafiiHiuchidai | [details] |
| Lithuanian | islandinis pjūklapilvis beriksas | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Οπλόστηθος Ατλαντικού | [details] |
| Russian | атлантический пилобрюх | [details] |
| Spanish | relojPez reloj anaranjado | [details] |
| Swedish | Lyktfiskar | [details] |
| Turkish | kırmızı imparator balığı | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Оранжевий хоплостетГоплостет оранжевий | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (202 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hoplostethus islandicus Kotthaus, 1952)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hoplostethus atlanticus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hoplostethus islandicus Kotthaus, 1952)
To GenBank (59950 nucleotides; 192 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (202 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hoplostethus islandicus Kotthaus, 1952)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hoplostethus atlanticus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hoplostethus islandicus Kotthaus, 1952)
To GenBank (59950 nucleotides; 192 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
