World Register of Deep-Sea species - Polyipnus japonicus Schultz, 1961

Deep-Sea name details

Polyipnus japonicus Schultz, 1961

AphiaID

306668 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:306668)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Polyipnus matsubarai Schultz, 1961

Rank

Species

Parent

Polyipnus Günther, 1887

Original name

Polyipnus japonicus Schultz, 1961

Environment

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

Original description

Schultz, L. P. (1961). Revision of the marine silver hatchetfishes (family Sternoptychidae). <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 112 (3449): 587-649., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.112-3449.587 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Polyipnus japonicus Schultz, 1961. 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=306668 on 2026-09-30

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Polyipnus japonicus Schultz, 1961. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=306668 on 2026-09-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Schultz, L. P. (1961). Revision of the marine silver hatchetfishes (family Sternoptychidae). <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 112 (3449): 587-649., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.112-3449.587 [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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To FishBase
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyipnus japonicus RAD115151-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyipnus japonicus RAD115151-002)

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyipnus japonicus RAD115151-001)

Hosted externally

To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyipnus japonicus RAD115151-002)

Hosted externally