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Eurypharynx pelecanoides Vaillant, 1882

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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SPECIES
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Vaillant, Léon L. 1882. Sur un poisson des grandes profondeurs de l’Atlantique, l’Eurypharynx pelecanoides. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D, Sciences Naturelles 95: 1226-1228.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Saccopharyngiformes
family
Eurypharyngidae
genus
Eurypharynx
species
Eurypharynx pelecanoides

Name

Synonyms
Euripharynx pelecanoides Vaillant, 1882
Eurypharynx richardi Roule, 1914
Gastrostomus bairdii Gill & Ryder, 1883
Gastrostomus pacificus Bean, 1904
Leptocephalus pseudolatissimus Bertin, 1936
Macropharynx longicaudatus Brauer, 1902
Homonyms
Eurypharynx pelecanoides Vaillant, 1882
Common names
Almindelig pelikanål in Danish
Big-mouth gulper in English
Big-mouth gulper in English
Deep-sea gulper eel in English
Deep-sea gulper eel in English
Fukuro-unagi in Japanese
Gapaldur in Icelandic
Gapaldur in Icelandic
Grand-gousier pelican in French
Grand-gousier pelican in French
Grandgousier pélican in French
Gulper in English
Gulper eel in English
Gulper eel in English
Pelican eel in English
Pelican eel in English
Pelican eel in English
Pelican eel in English
Pelican eel in English
Pelican eel in English
Pelican eel in English
Pelican fish in English
Pelican fish in English
Pelican gulper in English
Pelican gulper in English
Pelican gulper fish in English
Pelikaaniankerias in Finnish
Pelikaaniankerias in Finnish
Pelikan-suurneel in Estonian
Pelikanaal in German
Pelikanaal in German
Pelikanål in Danish
Pelikanål in Danish
Pez pelicano in Spanish
Pez pelicano in Spanish
Polykacz in Polish
Polykacz in Polish
Umbrellamouth gulper in English
gulper eel in English
pelican gulper in English
pelican gulper eel in English
Šírotlamka pelikánovitá in Czech
большерот in Russian
宽咽鱼 in language.
寬咽魚 in language.
寬咽魚;巨口鰻;吞噬鰻;咽囊鰻;吞鰻;鵜鶘鰻;傘口吞噬鰻 in language.
Pelican Eel in English
Big-mouth Gulper in English
Deep-sea Gulper Eel in English
Grand-gousier Pelican in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019).
  3. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  4. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  5. 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.
  6. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  7. Parin et al. 1973, Pequeño 1989, Vargas & Sielfeld 1999, Iwamoto 2015.
  8. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  9. Smith, D. G. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Eurypharyngidae: Gulper eels. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1695.
  10. 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
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