World Register of Deep-Sea species - Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883

Deep-Sea name details

Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883

AphiaID

320440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:320440)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Melamphaes suborbitalis (Gill, 1883)

Rank

Species

Parent

Plectromus Gill, 1883 accepted as Melamphaes Günther, 1864

Original name

Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883

Environment

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

Original description

Gill, T. N. (1883). Diagnosis of new genera and species of deep-sea fish-like vertebrates. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 6 (no. 380): 253-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.6-380.253 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=320440 on 2026-08-23

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=320440 on 2026-08-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Gill, T. N. (1883). Diagnosis of new genera and species of deep-sea fish-like vertebrates. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 6 (no. 380): 253-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.6-380.253 [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

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To FishBase
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plectromus suborbitalis P07767 illustration)

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Plectromus suborbitalis P07767 illustration)

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