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Melamphaes Günther, 1864

1291034  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1291034)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Stephanoberyciformes (Order)
  7. Melamphaidae (Family)
  8. Melamphaes (Genus)
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Genus
Melamphaës Günther, 1864 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Melanphaes · unaccepted (misspelling)
Metopias Lowe, 1843 · unaccepted
Plectromus Gill, 1883 · unaccepted

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  1. Species Melamphaes acanthomus Ebeling, 1962
  2. Species Melamphaes danae Ebeling, 1962
  3. Species Melamphaes ebelingi Keene, 1973
  4. Species Melamphaes eulepis Ebeling, 1962
  5. Species Melamphaes falsidicus Kotlyar, 2011
  6. Species Melamphaes hubbsi Ebeling, 1962
  7. Species Melamphaes indicus Ebeling, 1962
  8. Species Melamphaes janae Ebeling, 1962
  9. Species Melamphaes laeviceps Ebeling, 1962
  10. Species Melamphaes leprus Ebeling, 1962
  11. Species Melamphaes longivelis Parr, 1933
  12. Species Melamphaes lugubris Gilbert, 1890
  13. Species Melamphaes macrocephalus Parr, 1931
  14. Species Melamphaes manifestus Kotlyar, 2011
  15. Species Melamphaes microps (Günther, 1878)
  16. Species Melamphaes ovalis Schwarzhans, 1980 †
  17. Species Melamphaes pachystomus Kotlyar, 2011
  18. Species Melamphaes parini Kotlyar, 1999
  19. Species Melamphaes parvus Ebeling, 1962
  20. Species Melamphaes polylepis Ebeling, 1962
  21. Species Melamphaes pumilus Ebeling, 1962
  22. Species Melamphaes simus Ebeling, 1962
  23. Species Melamphaes spinifer Ebeling, 1962
  24. Species Melamphaes suborbitalis (Gill, 1883)
  25. Species Melamphaes typhlops (Lowe, 1843)
  26. Species Melamphaes xestoachidus Kotlyar, 2011
  27. Species Melamphaes atlanticus Norman, 1929 accepted as Poromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878)
  28. Species Melamphaes beanii Günther, 1887 accepted as Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887)
  29. Species Melamphaes bericoides (Borodin, 1929) accepted as Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929)
  30. Species Melamphaes bispinosus Gilbert, 1915 accepted as Scopelogadus mizolepis (Günther, 1878)
  31. Species Melamphaes cavernosus Chapman, 1939 accepted as Melamphaes lugubris Gilbert, 1890
  32. Species Melamphaes cocles (Vaillant, 1888) accepted as Scopelogadus mizolepis (Günther, 1878)
  33. Species Melamphaes crassicauda Koefoed, 1953 accepted as Melamphaes typhlops (Lowe, 1843)
  34. Species Melamphaes crassiceps (Günther, 1878) accepted as Poromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878)
  35. Species Melamphaes cristiceps Gilbert, 1890 accepted as Poromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878)
  36. Species Melamphaes eurylepis Holt & Byrne, 1906 accepted as Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887)
  37. Species Melamphaes frontosus Garman, 1899 accepted as Poromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878)
  38. Species Melamphaes malayanus Weber, 1913 accepted as Scopeloberyx robustus (Günther, 1887)
  39. Species Melamphaes maxillaris Garman, 1899 accepted as Scopeloberyx robustus (Günther, 1887)
  40. Species Melamphaes megalops Lütken, 1878 accepted as Poromitra megalops (Lütken, 1878)
  41. Species Melamphaes microlepis Norman, 1937 accepted as Scopeloberyx microlepis (Norman, 1937)
  42. Species Melamphaes mizolepis (Günther, 1878) accepted as Scopelogadus mizolepis (Günther, 1878)
  43. Species Melamphaes nigrescens Brauer, 1906 accepted as Scopeloberyx robustus (Günther, 1887)
  44. Species Melamphaes nigrofulvus Garman, 1899 accepted as Poromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878)
  45. Species Melamphaes nordenskjoeldii Lönnberg, 1905 accepted as Sio nordenskjoldii (Lönnberg, 1905)
  46. Species Melamphaes nordenskjoldii Lönnberg, 1905 accepted as Sio nordenskjoldii (Lönnberg, 1905)
  47. Species Melamphaes nordenskjöldii Lönnberg, 1905 accepted as Sio nordenskjoldii (Lönnberg, 1905)
  48. Species Melamphaes nycterinus Gilbert, 1915 accepted as Scopeloberyx robustus (Günther, 1887)
  49. Species Melamphaes opisthopterus Parr, 1933 accepted as Scopeloberyx opisthopterus (Parr, 1933)
  50. Species Melamphaes robustus Günther, 1887 accepted as Scopeloberyx robustus (Günther, 1887)
  51. Species Melamphaes rubriventer Koefoed, 1953 accepted as Scopeloberyx rubriventer (Koefoed, 1953)
  52. Species Melamphaes rugosus Chapman, 1939 accepted as Poromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878)
  53. Species Melamphaes triceratops Roule & Angel, 1933 accepted as Poromitra capito Goode & Bean, 1883
  54. Species Melamphaes unicornis Gilbert, 1905 accepted as Poromitra unicornis (Gilbert, 1905)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 5
page(s): 433 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Corrected from original incorrect spelling Melamphaës. n.n. pro Metopias Lowe 1843 (Nomen. Zool.). Replacement for...  
Taxonomic remark Corrected from original incorrect spelling Melamphaës. n.n. pro Metopias Lowe 1843 (Nomen. Zool.). Replacement for Metopias Lowe 1843, preoccupied by Metopias Gory 1832. (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2024). Melamphaes Günther, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1291034 on 2025-03-27
Date
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 11:10:04Z
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db_admin
2017-11-22 13:18:58Z
changed
Decock, Wim

original description Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 5
page(s): 433 [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Melamphaës Günther, 1864) Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 5
page(s): 433 [details] 

original description (of Plectromus Gill, 1883) Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 6, 1883
page(s): 257 [details] 

original description (of Metopias Lowe, 1843) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 11
page(s): 89 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Taxonomic remark Corrected from original incorrect spelling Melamphaës. n.n. pro Metopias Lowe 1843 (Nomen. Zool.). Replacement for Metopias Lowe 1843, preoccupied by Metopias Gory 1832. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Metopias typhlops Lowe 1843 [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Plectromus Gill, 1883)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Plectromus Gill, 1883)
To WoRMS (from synonym Melamphaës Günther, 1864)
To WoRMS (from synonym Melanphaes)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Metopias Lowe, 1843)
To WoRMS (from synonym Plectromus Gill, 1883)
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