WoRMS taxon details
Bathypterois viridensis (Roule, 1916)
272077 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272077)
accepted
Species
Bathypoterois viridensis (Roule, 1916) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Bathypterois nigrescens Parr, 1934 · unaccepted
Belonepterois viridensis Roule, 1916 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Belonopterois viridensis Roule, 1916 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Belonopterois viridensis Roule, 1916) Roule, L. (1916). Notice préliminaire sur quelques espèces nouvelles ou rares des poissons provenant des croisières de S. A. S. le Prince de Monaco. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco).</em> No. 320: 1-32. [details]
Distribution between 45°N and 5°N (numerous records in the Pan-Caribbean region)
Distribution between 45°N and 5°N (numerous records in the Pan-Caribbean region) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bathypterois viridensis (Roule, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272077 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Belonopterois viridensis Roule, 1916) Roule, L. (1916). Notice préliminaire sur quelques espèces nouvelles ou rares des poissons provenant des croisières de S. A. S. le Prince de Monaco. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco).</em> No. 320: 1-32. [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution between 45°N and 5°N (numerous records in the Pan-Caribbean region) [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found on continental slopes. [details]
Reproduction Synchronously hermaphroditic [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bathypterois nigrescens Parr, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Belonepterois viridensis Roule, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathypterois viridensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathypoterois viridensis (Roule, 1916))
To FishBase (from synonym Belonopterois viridensis Roule, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Bathypterois nigrescens Parr, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Belonepterois viridensis Roule, 1916)
To FishBase images (Bathypterois viridensis, Trinidad Tobago, by Ramjohn, D.D.)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Belonopterois viridensis Roule, 1916)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathypterois viridensis USNM 405043 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathypterois viridensis USNM 405044 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bathypterois nigrescens Parr, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Belonepterois viridensis Roule, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathypterois viridensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathypoterois viridensis (Roule, 1916))
To FishBase (from synonym Belonopterois viridensis Roule, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Bathypterois nigrescens Parr, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Belonepterois viridensis Roule, 1916)
To FishBase images (Bathypterois viridensis, Trinidad Tobago, by Ramjohn, D.D.)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Belonopterois viridensis Roule, 1916)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathypterois viridensis USNM 405043 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathypterois viridensis USNM 405044 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
