Deep-Sea taxon details
Polyacanthonotus challengeri (Vaillant, 1888)
126644 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126644)
accepted
Species
Macdonaldia alta Gill & Townsend, 1897 · unaccepted
Macdonaldia longa Gill & Townsend, 1897 · unaccepted
Notacanthus challengeri Vaillant, 1888 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Notacanthus challengeri Vaillant, 1888) Vaillant, L. L. (1888). Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman" pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. <em>Poissons. Paris.</em> 1-406, Pls. 1-28. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Polyacanthonotus challengeri (Vaillant, 1888). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126644 on 2025-04-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Polyacanthonotus challengeri (Vaillant, 1888). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126644 on 2025-04-09
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(of Notacanthus challengeri Vaillant, 1888) Vaillant, L. L. (1888). Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman" pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. <em>Poissons. Paris.</em> 1-406, Pls. 1-28. [details]
original description (of Macdonaldia alta Gill & Townsend, 1897) Gill, T. N.; Townsend, C. H. (1897). Diagnoses of new species of fishes found in Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 11: 231-234. [details]
original description (of Macdonaldia longa Gill & Townsend, 1897) Gill, T. N.; Townsend, C. H. (1897). Diagnoses of new species of fishes found in Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 11: 231-234. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
original description (of Macdonaldia alta Gill & Townsend, 1897) Gill, T. N.; Townsend, C. H. (1897). Diagnoses of new species of fishes found in Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 11: 231-234. [details]
original description (of Macdonaldia longa Gill & Townsend, 1897) Gill, T. N.; Townsend, C. H. (1897). Diagnoses of new species of fishes found in Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 11: 231-234. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on benthic invertebrates, especially amphipods, polychaetes and mysids [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat depth range 1300 - 3700 m [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | longnose tapirfish | [details] |
| French | tapir à nez long | [details] |
| Japanese | ソコギス | [details] |
| Russian | Многошип (нотакант) Челленджера | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Notacanthus challengeri Vaillant, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Macdonaldia alta Gill & Townsend, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Macdonaldia longa Gill & Townsend, 1897)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polyacanthonotus challengeri)
To FishBase (from synonym Macdonaldia longa Gill & Townsend, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Notacanthus challengeri Vaillant, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Macdonaldia alta Gill & Townsend, 1897)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Polyacanthonotus challengeri, by Orlov, A.)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Notacanthus challengeri Vaillant, 1888)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyacanthonotus challengeri RAD118646-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Notacanthus challengeri Vaillant, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Macdonaldia alta Gill & Townsend, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Macdonaldia longa Gill & Townsend, 1897)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polyacanthonotus challengeri)
To FishBase (from synonym Macdonaldia longa Gill & Townsend, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Notacanthus challengeri Vaillant, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Macdonaldia alta Gill & Townsend, 1897)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Polyacanthonotus challengeri, by Orlov, A.)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Notacanthus challengeri Vaillant, 1888)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyacanthonotus challengeri RAD118646-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
