Deep-Sea taxon details
Pontinus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860)
274690 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274690)
accepted
Species
Pontinus macrolepis Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8321 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pontinus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860). 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=274690 on 2026-02-27
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pontinus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274690 on 2026-02-27
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(of ) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8321 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
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]
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]
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 Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Pontinus macrolepis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontinus nematophthalmus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pontinus macrolepis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pontinus macrolepis P06890 illustration) (from synonym Pontinus macrolepis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pontinus macrolepis RAD112837-001) (from synonym Pontinus macrolepis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pontinus nematophthalmus RAD112838-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pontinus nematophthalmus RAD112839-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Pontinus macrolepis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontinus nematophthalmus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pontinus macrolepis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pontinus macrolepis P06890 illustration) (from synonym Pontinus macrolepis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pontinus macrolepis RAD112837-001) (from synonym Pontinus macrolepis Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pontinus nematophthalmus RAD112838-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pontinus nematophthalmus RAD112839-001)
To ITIS
