showy bristlemouth
Cyclothone signata Garman, 1899
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.
Showy bristlemouth collected off the coast of San Diego, USA 2026
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Open encyclopedia reference
Cyclothone signata, the showy bristlemouth, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyclothone.
Cyclothone alba was originally described as a subspecies of C. signata: Cyclothone signata alba, by Brauer in 1906.
Wikipedia contributors, Cyclothone signata; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:33:02.353031+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cyclothone signata Garman, 1899
- Name authority
- Garman, 1899
- Common name
- showy 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderStomiiformes
- familyGonostomatidae Cocco, 1838
- genusCyclothone Goode & Bean, 1883
- speciesCyclothone signata Garman, 1899
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cyclothone. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| benttooth bristlemouthCyclothone acclinidens Garman, 1899 | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| slender bristlemouthCyclothone pseudopallida Mukhacheva, 1964 | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| BristlemouthCyclothone alba Brauer, 1906 | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spottail anglemouthCyclothone braueri Jespersen & Tåning, 1926 | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclothone kobayashii Miya, 1994 | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclothone livida Brauer, 1902 | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| veiled anglemouthCyclothone microdon (Günther, 1878) | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclothone obscura Brauer, 1902 | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bicolored bristlemouthCyclothone pallida Brauer, 1902 | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclothone parapallida Badcock, 1982 | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclothone pygmaea Jespersen & Tåning, 1926 | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- 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.
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:32YHZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.