Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Trachichthyiformes > Family Trachichthyidae > Genus Hoplostethus

Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett, 1889

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hoplostethus*	Cuvier, 1829	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: soldatfisk

Dutch: Atlantische dorie; Atlantische slijmkop; keizerbaars sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

English: deep sea perch; orange roughy; red roughy; rosy soldier fish; slimehead sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

French: empereur; hoplostète orange; hoplostète rouge; hoplostèthe orange; poisson-montre sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Nozères C., Archambault D., Chouinard P.-M., Gauthier J., Miller R., Parent E., Schwab P., Savard L., and Dutil J.-D. 2010. Identification guide for marine fishes of the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and sampling protocols used during trawl surveys between 2004 and 2008. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2866: xi + 243 p

German: Atlantischer sägebauch; Degenfisch; Granatbarsch; Granatbarsch; Kaiserbarsch; Kaiserbarsh sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Οπλόστηθος Ατλαντικού sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: צינתן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: Hiuchidai; Orenzi-rafii

Lithuanian: islandinis pjūklapilvis beriksas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: атлантический пилобрюх sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: Pez reloj anaranjado; reloj sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: Lyktfiskar

Turkish: kırmızı imparator balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Гоплостет оранжевий; Оранжевий хоплостет

Literature

original description	Collett, R. (1889). Diagnoses de poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes de "L'Hirondelle." III.-- Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Hoplostethus. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. v. 14: 306.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Kulka, D. W.; Themelis, D. E.; Halliday, R. G. (2001). Distribution and biology of orange roughy (Hoplotethus atlanticus, Collett, 1889) in the northwest Atlantic. NAFO SCR Doc. 1: 1-23.
additional source	Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Hoplostethus atlanticus, by Orlov, A.)
FishBase
Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett, 1889. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126402