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benttooth bristlemouth

Cyclothone acclinidens Garman, 1899

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Cyclothone acclinidens Garman, 1899
Name authority
Garman, 1899
Common name
benttooth bristlemouth
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Stomiiformes
Family
Gonostomatidae
Genus
Cyclothone
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderStomiiformes
  11. familyGonostomatidae Cocco, 1838
  12. genusCyclothone Goode & Bean, 1883
  13. speciesCyclothone acclinidens Garman, 1899

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cyclothone. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
slender bristlemouthCyclothone pseudopallida Mukhacheva, 1964GonostomatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
showy bristlemouthCyclothone signata Garman, 1899GonostomatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
BristlemouthCyclothone alba Brauer, 1906GonostomatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
spottail anglemouthCyclothone braueri Jespersen & Tåning, 1926GonostomatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cyclothone kobayashii Miya, 1994GonostomatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cyclothone livida Brauer, 1902GonostomatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
veiled anglemouthCyclothone microdon (Günther, 1878)GonostomatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cyclothone obscura Brauer, 1902GonostomatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
bicolored bristlemouthCyclothone pallida Brauer, 1902GonostomatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cyclothone parapallida Badcock, 1982GonostomatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cyclothone pygmaea Jespersen & Tåning, 1926GonostomatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 22 records assigned to Gonostomatidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Cyclothone acclinideus Garman, 1899 Garman, 1899synonym
Cyclothone pseudoacclinidens Quéro, 1974 Quéro, 1974synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. In: Reports on an Exploration off the West Coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... By the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer “Albatross,” during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.27494 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:32YHB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.