WoRMS taxon details

Melamphaes Günther, 1864

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

accepted
Genus
Melamphaës · unaccepted (misspelling)
Melanphaes · unaccepted (misspelling)
Metopias Lowe, 1843 · unaccepted
Plectromus Gill, 1883 · unaccepted
Species Melamphaes acanthomus Ebeling, 1962
Species Melamphaes brachysomus Kimura, Kawai & Aungtonya, 2019
Species Melamphaes contradictorius Kotlyar, 2015
Species Melamphaes danae Ebeling, 1962
Species Melamphaes ebelingi Keene, 1973
Species Melamphaes eulepis Ebeling, 1962
Species Melamphaes eurous Kotlyar, 2016
Species Melamphaes falsidicus Kotlyar, 2011
Species Melamphaes hubbsi Ebeling, 1962
Species Melamphaes inconspicuus Kotlyar, 2015
Species Melamphaes indicus Ebeling, 1962
Species Melamphaes janae Ebeling, 1962
Species Melamphaes kobylyanskyi Kotlyar, 2015
Species Melamphaes laeviceps Ebeling, 1962
Species Melamphaes lentiginosus Kotlyar, 2015
Species Melamphaes leprus Ebeling, 1962
Species Melamphaes longivelis Parr, 1933
Species Melamphaes lugubris Gilbert, 1890
Species Melamphaes macrocephalus Parr, 1931
Species Melamphaes manifestus Kotlyar, 2011
Species Melamphaes microps (Günther, 1878)
Species Melamphaes nikolayi Kotlyar, 2012
Species Melamphaes occlusus Kotlyar, 2012
Species Melamphaes pachystomus Kotlyar, 2011
Species Melamphaes papavereus Kotlyar, 2016
Species Melamphaes parini Kotlyar, 1999
Species Melamphaes parvus Ebeling, 1962
Species Melamphaes polylepis Ebeling, 1962
Species Melamphaes proximus Kotlyar, 2015
Species Melamphaes pumilus Ebeling, 1962
Species Melamphaes shcherbachevi Kotlyar, 2015
Species Melamphaes simus Ebeling, 1962
Species Melamphaes spinifer Ebeling, 1962
Species Melamphaes suborbitalis (Gill, 1883)
Species Melamphaes succedaneus Kotlyar, 2015
Species Melamphaes typhlops (Lowe, 1843)
Species Melamphaes uniformis Kotlyar, 2013
Species Melamphaes xestoachidus Kotlyar, 2011

Species Melamphaes atlanticus Norman, 1929 accepted as Poromitra atlantica (Norman, 1929)
Species Melamphaes beanii Günther, 1887 accepted as Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887)
Species Melamphaes bericoides (Borodin, 1929) accepted as Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929)
Species Melamphaes bispinosus Gilbert, 1915 accepted as Scopelogadus bispinosus (Gilbert, 1915) (synonym)
Species Melamphaes cavernosus Chapman, 1939 accepted as Melamphaes lugubris Gilbert, 1890
Species Melamphaes cocles (Vaillant, 1888) accepted as Scopelogadus mizolepis (Günther, 1878)
Species Melamphaes crassicauda Koefoed, 1953 accepted as Melamphaes typhlops (Lowe, 1843)
Species Melamphaes crassiceps (Günther, 1878) accepted as Poromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878)
Species Melamphaes cristiceps Gilbert, 1890 accepted as Poromitra cristiceps (Gilbert, 1890)
Species Melamphaes eurylepis Holt & Byrne, 1906 accepted as Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887)
Species Melamphaes frontosus Garman, 1899 accepted as Poromitra frontosa (Garman, 1899)
Species Melamphaes malayanus Weber, 1913 accepted as Scopeloberyx malayanus (Weber, 1913)
Species Melamphaes maxillaris Garman, 1899 accepted as Scopeloberyx maxillaris (Garman, 1899)
Species Melamphaes megalops Lütken, 1878 accepted as Poromitra megalops (Lütken, 1878)
Species Melamphaes microlepis Norman, 1937 accepted as Scopeloberyx microlepis (Norman, 1937)
Species Melamphaes mizolepis (Günther, 1878) accepted as Scopelogadus mizolepis (Günther, 1878)
Species Melamphaes nigrescens Brauer, 1906 accepted as Scopeloberyx robustus (Günther, 1887)
Species Melamphaes nigrofulvus Garman, 1899 accepted as Poromitra nigrofulva (Garman, 1899)
Species Melamphaes nordenskjoeldii Lönnberg, 1905 accepted as Sio nordenskjoldii (Lönnberg, 1905) (misspelling)
Species Melamphaes nordenskjoldii Lönnberg, 1905 accepted as Sio nordenskjoldii (Lönnberg, 1905)
Species Melamphaes nordenskjöldii Lönnberg, 1905 accepted as Sio nordenskjoldii (Lönnberg, 1905) (misspelling)
Species Melamphaes nycterinus Gilbert, 1915 accepted as Scopeloberyx robustus (Günther, 1887)
Species Melamphaes opisthopterus Parr, 1933 accepted as Scopeloberyx opisthopterus (Parr, 1933)
Species Melamphaes pumilis Ebeling, 1962 accepted as Melamphaes pumilus Ebeling, 1962 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Species Melamphaes robustus Günther, 1887 accepted as Scopeloberyx robustus (Günther, 1887)
Species Melamphaes rubriventer Koefoed, 1953 accepted as Scopeloberyx rubriventer (Koefoed, 1953)
Species Melamphaes rugosus Chapman, 1939 accepted as Poromitra rugosa (Chapman, 1939)
Species Melamphaes triceratops Roule & Angel, 1933 accepted as Poromitra capito Goode & Bean, 1883
Species Melamphaes unicornis Gilbert, 1905 accepted as Poromitra unicornis (Gilbert, 1905)

Species Melamphaes anthrax Grey, 1955 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Melamphaes Günther, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126181 on 2023-09-28
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2013-02-28 11:26:06Z
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2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
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taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., 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). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From other sources
Remark Placed in family Scopelarchidae in Fishbase 96 [details]
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Japanese ホンカブトウオ属  [details]
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melamphaes RAD118735-001)
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