WoRMS taxon details
Melamphaes typhlops (Lowe, 1843)
127271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127271)
accepted
Species
Melamphaes crassicauda Koefoed, 1953 · unaccepted
Metopias typhlops Lowe, 1843 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Metopias typhlops Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [details]
Distribution North Atlantic: between 45° and 10°N, including 8 specimens recorded within 28° and 14°N and 27° and 16° W in the...
Distribution North Atlantic: between 45° and 10°N, including 8 specimens recorded within 28° and 14°N and 27° and 16° W in the eastern Atlantic and 2 records (one dubious) from further south in equatorial eastern Atlantic [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Melamphaes typhlops (Lowe, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127271 on 2026-01-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Melamphaes crassicauda Koefoed, 1953) Koefoed, E. (1953). Synentognathi, Solenichthyes, Anacanthini, Berycomorphi, Xenoberyces from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910. <em>Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910.</em> v. 4 (pt 2, no. 3): 1-39, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Metopias typhlops Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [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]
original description (of Metopias typhlops Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [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]
Ecology
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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Keene, M. J.; Gibbs, R. H.; Krueger,W. H. (1987). Family melamphaidae, bigscales. In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. , (452): 169-185 [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]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Bermuda) Keene, M. J.; Gibbs, R. H.; Krueger,W. H. (1987). Family melamphaidae, bigscales. In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. , (452): 169-185 [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]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution North Atlantic: between 45° and 10°N, including 8 specimens recorded within 28° and 14°N and 27° and 16° W in the eastern Atlantic and 2 records (one dubious) from further south in equatorial eastern Atlantic [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Found at depths of 500- 1000 m. [details]
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Metopias typhlops Lowe, 1843)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melamphaes typhlops)
To FishBase (from synonym Melamphaes crassicauda Koefoed, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Metopias typhlops Lowe, 1843)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Metopias typhlops Lowe, 1843)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Metopias typhlops Lowe, 1843)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melamphaes typhlops)
To FishBase (from synonym Melamphaes crassicauda Koefoed, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Metopias typhlops Lowe, 1843)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Metopias typhlops Lowe, 1843)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To PESI
To ITIS
