Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884 (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Bathygadus cavernosus Goode & Bean, 1885 (synonym)

Himenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884 (synonym)

Hymenocephalus cavernosus (Goode & Bean, 1885) (synonym)

Hymenocephalus heterolepis (non Alcock, 1889) (misapplied name)

Macrurus cavernosus (Goode & Bean, 1886) (synonym)

Macrurus heterolepis (non Alcock, 1889) (misapplied name)

Macrurus italicus (Giglioli, 1884) (synonym)

Malacocephalus laevis (non Lowe, 1874) (misapplied name)

Common names:

Bulawik wloski Polish

Cua de rata Catalan

Glaskopf-Seeratte German

Glasshead grenadier English

Granadero Spanish

Gurdien Maltese

Italian grenader English

Italian grenadier English

Itaria-sujidara Japanese

Lagartixa Portuguese

Lagartixa-do-mar Portuguese

Lagartixa-prateada Portuguese

Peixe rato Portuguese

Peixe-rato Portuguese

Pesce surici Italian

Pesce topino Italian

Pez rata Spanish

Rato Portuguese

Silver rattail English

Soft-headed rattail English

Tankorepac okac Croatian

Italiensk langhale Danish

Κορδέλλα Greek

Υμενοκέφαλος Greek

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Gadiformes

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Family Macrouridae

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Genus Hymenocephalus

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Distribution:

Aegean Sea; Albania; Algeria; Angola; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic, Eastern Central; Atlantic, Northeast; Atlantic, Southeast; Atlantic, Southwest; Atlantic, Western Central; Azores Islands; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Benguela Current; Benin; Brazil; Cameroon; Canary Current; Canary Islands; Cape Verde; Caribbean Sea; Cayman Islands; Celtic-Biscay Shelf; Colombia; Congo, Dem. Rep. of the; Congo, Republic of; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Cuba; Curaçao Island; Cyprus; Dominica; Dominican Republic; East Brazil Shelf; Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Angola, including the Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: Florida Straits through the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea to northern Brazil. Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Zanzibar and Maldives (Ref. 26165).; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; France; French Guiana; Gabon; Galician Shelf; Gambia; Ghana; Gibraltar; Greece; Guadeloupe; Guinea; Guinea Current; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Mexico; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Iberian Coastal; India; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indian Ocean, Western; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Le Danois Bank; Lebanon; Liberia; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Madeira Islands; Maldives; Malta; Martinique; Mauritania; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Mexico; Montserrat; Morocco; Namibia; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Nigeria; North Brazil Shelf; Panama; Plateau Seamount; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent & the Grenadines; Senegal; Sierra Leone; South Brazil Shelf; Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf; Spain; Sri Lanka; Suriname; Syrian Arab Republic; Tanzania, United Rep. of; Togo; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey; USA (contiguous states); Venezuela; Virgin Islands (UK); Western Sahara

Additional data:

In Giglioli & Issel. Type species of the genus.

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2007

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Group expert : Iwamoto, Tomio, Data last modified by FishBase 21-Jan-1998

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:dc2af754-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2008


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