Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes eschrichtii Lütken, 1871
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.
Oneirodes eschrichtii female
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Open encyclopedia reference
The bulbous dreamer (Oneirodes eschrichtii), or cosmoplitan dreamer, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Oneirodidae, the dreamers, a family of deep-sea anglerfishes. This fish has a circumglobal distribution in tropical and temperate oceans.
Wikipedia contributors, Bulbous dreamer; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:56:21.309747+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Oneirodes eschrichtii Lütken, 1871
- Name authority
- Lütken, 1871
- Common name
- Bulbous dreamer
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Lophiiformes
- Family
- Oneirodidae
- Genus
- Oneirodes
- 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
- orderLophiiformes
- suborderCeratioidei
- familyOneirodidae Gill, 1878
- genusOneirodes Lütken, 1871
- speciesOneirodes eschrichtii Lütken, 1871
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Oneirodes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| BulbfishOneirodes bulbosus Chapman, 1939 | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oneirodes carlsbergi (Regan & Trewavas, 1932) | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oneirodes clarkei Swinney & Pietsch, 1988 | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oneirodes cristatus (Regan & Trewavas, 1932) | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oneirodes dicromischus Pietsch, 1974 | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oneirodes haplonema Stewart & Pietsch, 1998 | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oneirodes heteronema (Regan & Trewavas, 1932) | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oneirodes kreffti Pietsch, 1974 | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oneirodes luetkeni (Regan, 1925) | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oneirodes macronema (Regan & Trewavas, 1932) | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oneirodes melanocauda Bertelsen, 1951 | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oneirodes mirus (Regan & Trewavas, 1932) | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
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.
- Lütken, C. F. (1871). Oneirodes Eschrichtii Ltk., en ny grønlandsk Tudsefisk. Oversigt over Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger Og Dets Medlemmers Arbeider (Kjøbenhavn) 1871, (no. 2): 56–74 + 9–18, Pl. 2. [In Danish, English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1872 (Ser. 4) v. 9 (no. 53) (art. 35): 329–344. 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:49JVD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.