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

AfReMaS taxon details

Tenuicephalichthys melampeplus (Alcock, 1896)

AphiaID

1859434 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1859434)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tenuicephalichthys Schwarzhans & Møller, 2024

Synonymised names

Porogadus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896) · unaccepted

Tenuicephalus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

AfReMaS (2025). Tenuicephalichthys melampeplus (Alcock, 1896). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1859434 on 2026-08-14

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. Tenuicephalichthys melampeplus (Alcock, 1896). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1859434 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-11-30 20:31:53Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

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Not documented

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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