This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Nielsen, Jørgen G. (2019): Revision of the circumglobal genus Barathronus (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae) with a new species from the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa 4679 (2): 231-256, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4679.2.2

Abstract

The viviparous genus Barathronus Goode & Bean, 1886 is known from 11 species. Examination of 68 specimens, not earlier published upon, and re-examination of older material have resulted in taxonomical changes and new distributions. B. unicolor Nielsen, 1984 has become a junior synonym of B. pacificus Nielsen & Eagle, 1974, now known from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The number of specimens of B. parfaiti Vaillant, 1888 is restricted to the holotype and a specimen from off the Azores (MOM P01-0003665), often referred to B. parfaiti, represents a new species, B. roulei, herein described. B. diaphanus Brauer, 1906 is now recorded from off Madagascar eastwards to Tonga and Fiji Islands.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/bf72ba01-7fc5-46da-81ed-0aabfd051be2
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/F65FFF958B2BD172FF9CFFFE3E0AFFDE
Citation: Nielsen J G, plazi (2019). Revision of the circumglobal genus Barathronus (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae) with a new species from the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4679.2.2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.