WoRMS taxon details
Acanthochaenus luetkenii Gill, 1884
127280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127280)
accepted
Species
Acanthochaenus lutkeni Gill, 1884 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Acanthochaenus lutkenii Gill, 1884 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Stephanoberyx gillii Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gill, T. N. (1884). Three new families of fishes added to the deep-sea fauna in a year. <em>American Naturalist.</em> v. 18 (no. 4): 433. [details]
Distribution South Carolina to southern New Emgland
Distribution South Carolina to southern New Emgland [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Acanthochaenus luetkenii Gill, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127280 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Gill, T. N. (1884). Three new families of fishes added to the deep-sea fauna in a year. <em>American Naturalist.</em> v. 18 (no. 4): 433. [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
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 Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em> [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em> [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution South Carolina to southern New Emgland [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pricklefish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Stephanoberyx gillii Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Acanthochaenus lutkenii Gill, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acanthochaenus lutkeni Gill, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthochaenus luetkenii)
To FishBase (from synonym Stephanoberyx gillii Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthochaenus lutkenii Gill, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthochaenus lutkeni Gill, 1884)
To GenBank (91099 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Stephanoberyx gillii Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Acanthochaenus lutkenii Gill, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acanthochaenus lutkeni Gill, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthochaenus luetkenii)
To FishBase (from synonym Stephanoberyx gillii Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthochaenus lutkenii Gill, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthochaenus lutkeni Gill, 1884)
To GenBank (91099 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
