World Register of Deep-Sea species - Scopeloberyx nigrescens (Brauer, 1906)

Deep-Sea name details

Scopeloberyx nigrescens (Brauer, 1906)

AphiaID

159331 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159331)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Scopeloberyx robustus (Günther, 1887)

Rank

Species

Parent

Scopeloberyx Zugmayer, 1911

Original name

Melamphaes nigrescens Brauer, 1906

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Melamphaes nigrescens Brauer, 1906) Brauer, A. (1906). Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. <em>In: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-99. Jena.</em> 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6002309 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Deep-Sea (2025). Scopeloberyx nigrescens (Brauer, 1906). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159331 on 2026-02-03

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Scopeloberyx nigrescens (Brauer, 1906). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159331 on 2026-02-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 07:39:43Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-03-23 10:02:09Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (2)

original description (of Melamphaes nigrescens Brauer, 1906) Brauer, A. (1906). Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. <em>In: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-99. Jena.</em> 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6002309 [details]

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality