African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Tenuicephalus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896)

AfReMaS name details

Tenuicephalus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896)

AphiaID

1605272 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1605272)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Tenuicephalichthys melampeplus (Alcock, 1896)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tenuicephalus Schwarzhans & Møller, 2021 accepted as Tenuicephalichthys Schwarzhans & Møller, 2024

Original name

Dermatorus melampeplus Alcock, 1896

Synonymised names

Porogadus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896) · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Alcock, A. W. (1896). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II. No. 23. A supplementary list of the marine fishes of India, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. v. 65 (pt 2, No. 3): 301-338. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Tenuicephalus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1605272 on 2026-07-29

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Tenuicephalus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1605272 on 2026-07-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-10-13 11:38:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2023-01-10 08:56:01Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-11-30 20:31:53Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of ) Alcock, A. W. (1896). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II. No. 23. A supplementary list of the marine fishes of India, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. v. 65 (pt 2, No. 3): 301-338. [details]

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). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To FishBase (from synonym Porogadus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896))
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Porogadus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896))