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Talismania aphos (Bussing, 1965)

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
Talismania aphos (Bussing, 1965)
Name authority
(Bussing, 1965)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Alepocephaliformes
Family
Alepocephalidae
Genus
Talismania
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. orderAlepocephaliformes
  11. familyAlepocephalidae Bonaparte, 1846
  12. genusTalismania Goode & Bean, 1896
  13. speciesTalismania aphos (Bussing, 1965)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Talismania antillarum (Goode & Bean, 1896)AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Talismania brachycephala Sazonov, 1981AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Talismania longifilis (Brauer, 1902)AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Talismania kotlyari Sazonov & Ivanov, 1980AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
threadfin slickheadTalismania bifurcata (Parr, 1951)AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Talismania bussingi Sazonov, 1989AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Talismania filamentosa Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Talismania homoptera (Vaillant, 1888)AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Talismania mekistonema Sulak, 1975AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Talismania okinawensis Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 79 records assigned to Alepocephalidae.

Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Binghamichthys aphos Bussing, 1965 Bussing, 1965synonym

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. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=301793 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:54LSM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.