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

AfReMaS name details

Porogadus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896)

AphiaID

217817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217817)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Tenuicephalus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896) accepted as Tenuicephalichthys melampeplus (Alcock, 1896)

Rank

Species

Parent

Porogadus Goode & Bean, 1885

Original name

Dermatorus melampeplus Alcock, 1896

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. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 65 (pt 2, No. 3): 301-338. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Porogadus 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) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217817 on 2026-08-15

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. Porogadus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217817 on 2026-08-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2002-01-02 17:49:40Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2023-01-11 08:59:53Z

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. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 65 (pt 2, No. 3): 301-338. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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