Author: Lütken, 1871

Oneirodes eschrichtii Lütken, 1871

Diagnosis: esca of females with a stout, internally pigmented anterior appendage, shorter than escal bulb, with short filaments and a distal papilla; a pair of filamentous medial appendages; an unbranched, tapering posterior appendage; no antero-lateral or lateral appendages.

Habitat, Food, Reproduction: see suborder.

Distribution: all oceans; inside Clofnam area, records from off Madeira, Portugal, Ireland and Iceland.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Pietsch, 1974b: 49 (ovaries) | Bertelsen, 1951: 81, fig. 32 (larvae).
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Lophiiformes
Suborder Ceratioidei
Family Oneirodidae
Genus Oneirodes
Species Oneirodes eschrichtii

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Oneirodes eschrichtii Lütken, 1871

Scientific synonyms and common names

Oneirodes eschrichtii Lütken, 1871

Synonyms:

Oneirodes eschrichtii Lütken, 1871, Overs. K. danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forhandl: 58, pl. 11 (Greenland). Holotype: ZMUC 64.
Oneirodes eschrichtii: Regan, 1926: 26, fig. 17 Regan & Trewavas, 1932: 63 Bertelsen, 1951: fig. 33b & 34 (from Lütken, 1871) Pietsch, 1974b: 37: 44-52, frontespiece, fg. 60b, 65-70, 109, pl. 1, 6-9 (extensive synonymy).
Dolopichthys frondosus Regan & Trewavas, 1932, Dana Report, (2): 70, fig. 101 (type locality : 15°31'N, 18°05'W).
Dolopichthys frondosus: Bertelsen, 1951: 79 (referred to 'Oneirodes eschrichtii group').
Dolopichthys megaceros Holt & Byrne, 1908, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (8)1: 93 (type locality: 51°2'N, 11°36'W).
Dolopichthys megaceros: Regan & Trewavas, 1932: 71, fig. 103 Bertelsen, 1951: 80 (referred to 'Oneirodes eschrichtii-group').
Dolopichthys ptilotus Regan & Trewavas, 1932, Dana Report, (2): 73, fig. 107 (type locality: 24°36'N, 17°27'W).
Dolopichthys ptilotus: Bertelsen, 1951: 80 (referred to 'Oneirodes-eschrichtii group').
Dolopichthys hibernicus Fraser-Brunner, 1935, Proc. R. Irish Acad., 42 (b-9): 325, fig. 4 (type locality: 53°15'N, 12°28'W).
Dolopichthys hibernicus: Bertelsen, 1951: 80 (doubtfully referred to 'Oneiroda eschrichtii-group'.


Common names:

none.

Bertelsen, E. 1951. The ceratioid fishes, ontogeny, taxonomy, distribution and biology. Dana Rep., (39): 276 pp., 141 fig., I pl.

Fraser-Brunner, A. 1935. New or rare fishes from the Irish Atlantic slope. Proc. R. ir. Acad., 42 (B-9): pp. 319-326, fig. 1-5.

Holt, E. W. L.; Byrne, L. W. 1908a. New deepsea fishes from the south-west coast of Ireland. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (8)1: pp. 86-95, pl. 3.

Lütken, C. F. 1871. Oneirodes eschrichtii Ltk, en ny grönlandsk Tudsefisk. Overs. K. danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh.: pp. 56-74, fig. 1-2, pl. II.

Pietsch, T. W. 1974a. Osteology and relationship of ceratioid anglerfishes of the family Oneirodidae, with a review of the genus Oneirodes Lutken. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County, Sci Bull 18: 1-123, frontespiece, 116 fig., 24 tab.

Regan, C. T. 1926. The Pediculate fishes of the suborder Ceratioidea. Danish Dana Exped. 1920-22, (2): 45 p., 27 fig., 13 pl. (30 fig.).

Regan, C. T.; Trewavas, E. 1932. Deep-sea anglerfishes (Ceratioidea). Dana Rep., (2):113 pp., 172 fig., 10 pl. (23 fig.).

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