WoRMS taxon details
Malacocephalus laevis (Lowe, 1843)
272392 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272392)
accepted
Species
Macrourus laevis Lowe, 1843 · unaccepted
Macrurus laevis Lowe, 1843 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Malacocephalus (Malacocephalus) laevis (Lowe, 1843) · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Macrourus laevis Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Malacocephalus laevis (Lowe, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272392 on 2025-04-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Macrourus laevis Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [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 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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | småskællet skolæst | [details] |
| English | softhead rat-tailsofthead grenadier [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | småskjellet skolest | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | småskjella skolest | [details] |
| Swedish | småfjällig skoläst | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Macrurus laevis Lowe, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Macrourus laevis Lowe, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacocephalus laevis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Macrourus laevis Lowe, 1843)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus laevis Lowe, 1843)
To FishBase images (Malacocephalus laevis, Azores Is., by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Macrourus laevis Lowe, 1843)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI (from synonym Malacocephalus (Malacocephalus) laevis (Lowe, 1843))
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Macrurus laevis Lowe, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Macrourus laevis Lowe, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacocephalus laevis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Macrourus laevis Lowe, 1843)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus laevis Lowe, 1843)
To FishBase images (Malacocephalus laevis, Azores Is., by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Macrourus laevis Lowe, 1843)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI (from synonym Malacocephalus (Malacocephalus) laevis (Lowe, 1843))
To PESI
To ITIS
