MSBIAS taxon details
Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879
126682 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126682)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1879). Description of Alepocephalus bairdii, a new species of fish from the deep-sea fauna of the western Atlantic. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 2 (no. 68): 55-57. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126682 on 2026-01-17
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126682 on 2026-01-17
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Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1879). Description of Alepocephalus bairdii, a new species of fish from the deep-sea fauna of the western Atlantic. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 2 (no. 68): 55-57. [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 van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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]
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 van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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]
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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Baird's smooth-headBaird's smoothhead | [details] |
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alepocephalus bairdii)
To FishBase
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alepocephalus bairdii P00306 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alepocephalus bairdii)
To FishBase
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alepocephalus bairdii P00306 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
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