Deep-Sea taxon details
Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829
126404 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126404)
accepted
Species
Hoplostethus intermedius (Hector, 1875) · unaccepted
Trachichthys intermedius Hector, 1875 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126404 on 2025-03-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126404 on 2025-03-13
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Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [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 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. [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]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [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 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. [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]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Middellandse-Zeedorie [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | silver roughyrough-fishrosy soldierfish [from synonym]Mediterranean slimehead [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | hoplostète argenté | [details] |
| German | Mittelmeer-Sägebauch [from synonym] | [details] |
| Hebrew | צינתן ים-תיכוני | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Οπλόστηθος Μεσογείου | [details] |
| Turkish | kutuk baligi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (70 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Hoplostethus intermedius (Hector, 1875))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Trachichthys intermedius Hector, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hoplostethus intermedius) (from synonym Hoplostethus intermedius (Hector, 1875))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hoplostethus mediterraneus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trachichthys intermedius Hector, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Hoplostethus intermedius (Hector, 1875))
To FishBase images (Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus, Italy, by De Sanctis, A.) (from synonym Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829)
To Genbank (from synonym Hoplostethus intermedius (Hector, 1875))
To Genbank (from synonym Trachichthys intermedius Hector, 1875)
To GenBank (838 nucleotides; 102 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hoplostethus mediterraneus P08585 illustration)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Hoplostethus intermedius (Hector, 1875))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Trachichthys intermedius Hector, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hoplostethus intermedius) (from synonym Hoplostethus intermedius (Hector, 1875))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hoplostethus mediterraneus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trachichthys intermedius Hector, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Hoplostethus intermedius (Hector, 1875))
To FishBase images (Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus, Italy, by De Sanctis, A.) (from synonym Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829)
To Genbank (from synonym Hoplostethus intermedius (Hector, 1875))
To Genbank (from synonym Trachichthys intermedius Hector, 1875)
To GenBank (838 nucleotides; 102 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hoplostethus mediterraneus P08585 illustration)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829)
To ITIS
