Intro | Search taxa | Taxon tree | Sources | Webservice | Statistics | Editors | Log in

Deep-Sea taxon details

Melamphaes Günther, 1864

126181  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126181)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Beryciformes (Order)
  11. Melamphaidae (Family)
  12. Melamphaes (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Plectromus Gill, 1883 · unaccepted

Ordering

  • Alphabetically
  • By status

Children Display

  1. Species Melamphaes acanthomus Ebeling, 1962
  2. Species Melamphaes danae Ebeling, 1962
  3. Species Melamphaes ebelingi Keene, 1973
  4. Species Melamphaes eulepis Ebeling, 1962
  5. Species Melamphaes hubbsi Ebeling, 1962
  6. Species Melamphaes indicus Ebeling, 1962
  7. Species Melamphaes janae Ebeling, 1962
  8. Species Melamphaes leprus Ebeling, 1962
  9. Species Melamphaes longivelis Parr, 1933
  10. Species Melamphaes lugubris Gilbert, 1890
  11. Species Melamphaes macrocephalus Parr, 1931
  12. Species Melamphaes microps (Günther, 1878)
  13. Species Melamphaes polylepis Ebeling, 1962
  14. Species Melamphaes pumilus Ebeling, 1962
  15. Species Melamphaes simus Ebeling, 1962
  16. Species Melamphaes suborbitalis (Gill, 1883)
  17. Species Melamphaes typhlops (Lowe, 1843)
  18. Species Melamphaes atlanticus Norman, 1929 accepted as Poromitra atlantica (Norman, 1929)
  19. Species Melamphaes beanii Günther, 1887 accepted as Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887)
  20. Species Melamphaes bispinosus Gilbert, 1915 accepted as Scopelogadus bispinosus (Gilbert, 1915) (synonym)
  21. Species Melamphaes cavernosus Chapman, 1939 accepted as Melamphaes lugubris Gilbert, 1890
  22. Species Melamphaes cristiceps Gilbert, 1890 accepted as Poromitra cristiceps (Gilbert, 1890)
  23. Species Melamphaes eurylepis Holt & Byrne, 1906 accepted as Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887)
  24. Species Melamphaes megalops Lütken, 1878 accepted as Poromitra megalops (Lütken, 1878)
  25. Species Melamphaes microlepis Norman, 1937 accepted as Scopeloberyx microlepis (Norman, 1937)
  26. Species Melamphaes mizolepis (Günther, 1878) accepted as Scopelogadus mizolepis (Günther, 1878)
  27. Species Melamphaes nigrescens Brauer, 1906 accepted as Scopeloberyx robustus (Günther, 1887)
  28. Species Melamphaes nycterinus Gilbert, 1915 accepted as Scopeloberyx robustus (Günther, 1887)
  29. Species Melamphaes robustus Günther, 1887 accepted as Scopeloberyx robustus (Günther, 1887)
  30. Species Melamphaes rugosus Chapman, 1939 accepted as Poromitra rugosa (Chapman, 1939)
  31. Species Melamphaes unicornis Gilbert, 1905 accepted as Poromitra unicornis (Gilbert, 1905)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Melamphaes Günther, 1864. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126181 on 2025-01-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Melamphaes Günther, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126181 on 2025-01-14
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2013-02-28 11:26:06Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

original description (of Plectromus Gill, 1883) Gill, T. N. (1883). Diagnosis of new genera and species of deep-sea fish-like vertebrates. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 6 (no. 380): 253-260. [details] 

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Remark Placed in family Scopelarchidae in Fishbase 96 [details]
    Definitions

Loading...


LanguageName 
Japanese ホンカブトウオ属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Catalog of Fishes 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melamphaes) 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melamphaes RAD118735-001) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melamphaes RAD118735-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melamphaes RAD118735-001)
Hosted externally
This service is powered by LifeWatch Belgium
Learn more»
Website and databases developed and hosted by VLIZ · Page generated 2025-01-15 · contact: Anton Van de Putte