Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Gadiformes > Family Macrouridae > Subfamily Macrourinae > Genus Hymenocephalus

Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hymenocephalus*	Giglioli, 1884	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Hymenocephalus (Hymenocephalus) italicus*	Giglioli in Giglioli & Issel, 1884	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: glasshead grenadier sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Turkish: kil kuyruk fare baligi

Literature

original description	Giglioli, E. H. (1884). Esplorazione talassografica del Mediterraneo eseguita sotto gli auspici del governo italiano.In: F. Gigliogli, E. H. & Issel. A. (eds.): Pelagos. Saggi sulla vita e sui prodotti del mare. Reale Instituto de' Sordo-Muti, Genova. Esplorazione talassografica del Mediterraneo eseguita sotto gli auspici del governo italiano. Pp. 199-291;1-417.
basis of record	Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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
FishBase images (Hymenocephalus italicus, Italy, by De Sanctis, A.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884. 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:158961