Deep-Sea taxon details
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons (Fowler, 1934)
221508 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221508)
accepted
Species
Myersiscus obtusifrons Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Myersiscus obtusifrons Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons (Fowler, 1934). 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=221508 on 2025-12-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons (Fowler, 1934). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221508 on 2025-12-06
original description
(of Myersiscus obtusifrons Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
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]
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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
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
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myersiscus obtusifrons Fowler, 1934)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Myersiscus obtusifrons Fowler, 1934)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons Fowler, 1934; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3133492)
To ITIS
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myersiscus obtusifrons Fowler, 1934)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Myersiscus obtusifrons Fowler, 1934)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons Fowler, 1934; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3133492)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
