Maurolicus walvisensis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
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
- Maurolicus walvisensis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
- Name authority
- Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Stomiiformes
- Family
- Sternoptychidae
- Genus
- Maurolicus
- 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
- familySternoptychidae Duméril, 1805
- subfamilyMaurolicinae Gill, 1885
- genusMaurolicus Cocco, 1838
- speciesMaurolicus walvisensis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Maurolicus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Maurolicus breviculus Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 | SternoptychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maurolicus imperatorius Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 | SternoptychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maurolicus inventionis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 | SternoptychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maurolicus javanicus Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 | SternoptychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maurolicus mucronatus Klunzinger, 1871 | SternoptychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maurolicus rudjakovi Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 | SternoptychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus Cocco, 1838 | SternoptychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maurolicus australis Hector, 1875 | SternoptychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| North Pacific lightfishMaurolicus japonicus Ishikawa, 1915 | SternoptychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maurolicus kornilovorum Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 | SternoptychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Muller's pearlsidesMaurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789) | SternoptychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maurolicus parvipinnis Vaillant, 1888 | SternoptychidaeChordata | 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.
- Parin, N. V., & Kobyliansky, S. G. (1993). Review of the genus Maurolicus (Sternoptychidae, Stomiiformes), with re-establishing validity of five species considered junior synonyms of M. muelleri and descriptions of nine new species. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova = Transactions of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, 128: 69–107. 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:3YG5M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.