Deep-Sea taxon details
Gymnoscopelus nicholsi (Gilbert, 1911)
234821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234821)
accepted
Species
Gymnoscopelus aphya Günther, 1873 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Gilbert, C. H. (1911). Notes on lantern fishes from southern seas, collected by J. T. Nichols in 1906. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> v. 30 (art. 2): 13-19. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnoscopelus nicholsi (Gilbert, 1911). 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=234821 on 2026-04-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Gymnoscopelus nicholsi (Gilbert, 1911). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234821 on 2026-04-01
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(of ) Gilbert, C. H. (1911). Notes on lantern fishes from southern seas, collected by J. T. Nichols in 1906. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> v. 30 (art. 2): 13-19. [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Koubbi, P., G. Duhamel & S. Pavoine. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Pisces. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramspisces.php [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Koubbi, P., G. Duhamel & S. Pavoine. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Pisces. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramspisces.php [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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 Barcode of Life (45 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gymnoscopelus aphya Günther, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gymnoscopelus aphya Günther, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnoscopelus nicholsi)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnoscopelus aphya Günther, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnoscopelus aphya Günther, 1873)
To FishBase
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gymnoscopelus aphya Günther, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gymnoscopelus aphya Günther, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnoscopelus nicholsi)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnoscopelus aphya Günther, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnoscopelus aphya Günther, 1873)
To FishBase
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
