Oneirodes bradburyae Grey, 1956
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Oneirodes bradburyae is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Oneirodidae, the dreamers, a family of deep-sea anglerfishes. This fish is known from a single specimen, the holotype which was collected in the Gulf of Mexico at 28°28'N, 87°18'W, the Oregon station 1028, from a depth between the surface and 780 fathoms (4,680 ft; 1,430 m). The species was described in 1956 by the American ichthyologist Marion Griswold Grey of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. The holotype was a female with a standard length of 2.3 cm (0.91 in) and had a very long illicium, no incision on the upper posterior margin of the operculum. The specific name honours the American scientific illustrator and ichthyologist Margaret G. Bradbury, who worked at the Field Museum of Natural History and who illustrated Grey's description.
Wikipedia contributors, Oneirodes bradburyae; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:24:39.758134+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Oneirodes bradburyae Grey, 1956
- Name authority
- Grey, 1956
- 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 bradburyae Grey, 1956
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 |
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.
- Grey, M. (1957). New records of deep sea fishes, including a new species, Oneirodes bradburyae, from the Gulf of Mexico. Copeia 1956, 4. 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:6SN79. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.