WoRMS taxon details
Psenes maculatus Lütken, 1880
126992 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126992)
accepted
Species
Psenes maculates Lütken, 1880 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lütken, C. F. (1880). Spolia Atlantica. Bidrag til Kundskab om Formforandringer hos Fiske under deres Vaext og Udvikling, saerligt hos nogle af Atlanterhavets Højsøfiske. <em>Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling, Kjøbenhavn (Ser. 5).</em> v. 12: 409-613, Pls. 1-5. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-205. Summary in French (pp. 589-613).]. [details]
Distribution Atlantic: off Banquereau Bank to northern South America
Distribution Atlantic: off Banquereau Bank to northern South America [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Psenes maculatus Lütken, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126992 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Lütken, C. F. (1880). Spolia Atlantica. Bidrag til Kundskab om Formforandringer hos Fiske under deres Vaext og Udvikling, saerligt hos nogle af Atlanterhavets Højsøfiske. <em>Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling, Kjøbenhavn (Ser. 5).</em> v. 12: 409-613, Pls. 1-5. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-205. Summary in French (pp. 589-613).]. [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]
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]
Ecology
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] 
Other
additional source
Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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 Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Atlantic: off Banquereau Bank to northern South America [details]Habitat Epi- or mesopelagic in oceanic temperate waters. Rarely seen. Lives in association with jellyfish. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | silver driftfish | [details] |
| Japanese | シマハナビラウオ | [details] |
| Russian | Пятнистый псен | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Psenes maculatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes maculates Lütken, 1880)
To FishBase images (Psenes maculatus, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Psenes maculatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes maculates Lütken, 1880)
To FishBase images (Psenes maculatus, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
