Agassiz' smoothhead
Alepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883
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
- Alepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883
- Name authority
- Goode & Bean, 1883
- Common name
- Agassiz' smoothhead
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Alepocephaliformes
- Family
- Alepocephalidae
- Genus
- Alepocephalus
- 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
- orderAlepocephaliformes
- familyAlepocephalidae Bonaparte, 1846
- genusAlepocephalus Risso, 1820
- speciesAlepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Alepocephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Alepocephalus blanfordii Alcock, 1892 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus owstoni Tanaka, 1908 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus antipodianus (Parrott, 1948) | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baird's smooth-headAlepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus dentifer Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus fundulus Garman, 1899 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus longiceps Lloyd, 1909 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus planifrons Sazonov, 1993 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus convexifrons Garman, 1899 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Risso's smooth-headAlepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Alepocephalus agassizi Goode & Bean, 1883 Goode & Bean, 1883 | synonym |
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.
- Goode, G. B., & Bean, T. H. (1883). Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer “Blake,” Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, v. 10 (no. 5): 183–226. 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:BP4J. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.