World Register of Deep-Sea species - Promyllantor alcocki Gilbert & Cramer, 1897

Deep-Sea name details

Promyllantor alcocki Gilbert & Cramer, 1897

AphiaID

315343 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:315343)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Acromycter alcocki (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)

Rank

Species

Parent

Promyllantor Alcock, 1890

Original name

Promyllantor alcocki Gilbert & Cramer, 1897

Environment

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

Original description

Gilbert, C. H.; Cramer, F. (1897). Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Promyllantor alcocki Gilbert & Cramer, 1897. 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=315343 on 2026-01-14

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Promyllantor alcocki Gilbert & Cramer, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=315343 on 2026-01-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Gilbert, C. H.; Cramer, F. (1897). Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48. [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 (10 publications)
To FishBase
To NMNH Extant Collection (Promyllantor alcocki RAD105771-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Promyllantor alcocki USNM 47724 type radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Promyllantor alcocki RAD105771-001)

Hosted externally

To NMNH Extant Collection (Promyllantor alcocki USNM 47724 type radiograph lateral view)

Hosted externally