Barbantus elongatus Krefft, 1970

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Barbantus elongatus is a species of deepwater marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Platytroctidae, the tube shoulders. This species was first formally described in 1970 by the German ichthyologist Gerhard Krefft with its type locality given as the Central Atlantic at 3°00'S, 20°16'W from a depth of around 2,000 m (6,600 ft). This bathypelagic species is known from seven specimens which have been collected from depths between 1,800 and 2,000 m (5,900 and 6,600 ft) along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the waters near Saint Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha and in the Brazilian EEZ from 32°W and between 8°N and 16°S. This species has a maximum published standard length of 17.8 cm (7.0 in).

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Barbantus elongatus Krefft, 1970

Name authority

Krefft, 1970

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Teleostei

Order

Alepocephaliformes

Family

Platytroctidae

Genus

Barbantus

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. familyPlatytroctidae Koefoed, 1927
12. genusBarbantus Parr, 1951
13. speciesBarbantus elongatus Krefft, 1970

Close classified relatives

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

Browse 36 records assigned to Platytroctidae.

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.

1. Krefft, G. (1970). Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen des FFS ‘Walther Herwig’ nach Südamerika. XII. Barbantus elongatus spec. nov. (Pisces, Aleposcephaloidei), ein weiterer neuer Searside aus dem tropischen Atlantik. Archiv Für Fischereiwissenschaft, 21 (1): 22–27. [English summary.]. 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:KM4B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.