World Register of Deep-Sea species - Melamphaes unicornis Gilbert, 1905

Deep-Sea name details

Melamphaes unicornis Gilbert, 1905

AphiaID

306616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:306616)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Poromitra unicornis (Gilbert, 1905)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melamphaes Günther, 1864

Original name

Melamphaes unicornis Gilbert, 1905

Environment

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

Original description

Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Melamphaes unicornis Gilbert, 1905. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=306616 on 2026-02-04

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Melamphaes unicornis Gilbert, 1905. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=306616 on 2026-02-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [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

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To FishBase
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melamphaes unicornis P14010 illustration)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Melamphaes unicornis P14010 illustration)

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