Melamphaes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Berycimorphaceae
Ordo: Beryciformes
Subordo: Berycoidei

Familia: Melamphaidae
Genus: Melamphaes
Species: M. acanthomus – M. contradictorius – M. danae – M. ebelingi – M. eulepis – M. eurous – M. falsidicus – M. hubbsi – M. inconspicuus – M. indicus – M. janae – M. kobylyanskyi – M. laeviceps – M. lentiginosus – M. leprus – M. longivelis – M. lugubris – M. macrocephalus – M. manifestus – M. microps – M. nikolayi – M. occlusus – M. pachystomus – M. papavereus – M. parini – M. parvus – M. polylepis – M. proximus – M. pumilus – M. shcherbachevi – M. simus – M. spinifer – M. suborbitalis – M. succedanaus – M. typhlops – M. xestoachidus
Name

Melamphaes Günther, 1864

Type species: Metopias typhlops Lowe, 1843
Synonyms

Metopias Lowe, 1843
Plectromus Gill, 1883

References

Gill, T. N., 1883: Diagnosis of new genera and species of deep-sea fish-like vertebrates. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 6 (380): 253–260.
Günther, A., 1864: Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. 5: 1–455.
Kotlyar, A. N., 2012: Revision of genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): Part 4. Multi-raker species: M. ebelingi, M. occlusus sp. nova, and M. nikolayi sp. nova. Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 52 (3): 279–287. Journal of Ichthyology, 52 (4): 247–254, DOI: 10.1134/S0032945212030022
Lowe, R. T., 1843: Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1843 (11): 81–95.

Links

Melamphaes and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Melamphaes is a genus of fish in the family Melamphaidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species

There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:

Melamphaes acanthomus Ebeling, 1962 (Slender bigscale)
Melamphaes contradictorius Kotlyar, 2015 [1]
Melamphaes danae Ebeling, 1962 (Big-scale fish) [2]
Melamphaes ebelingi Keene, 1973 [3]
Melamphaes eulepis Ebeling, 1962 [4]
Melamphaes eurous Kotlyar, 2016 [5]
Melamphaes falsidicus Kotlyar, 2011 [6]
Melamphaes hubbsi Ebeling, 1962 [7]
Melamphaes inconspicuus Kotlyar, 2015 [8]
Melamphaes indicus Ebeling, 1962 [5]
Melamphaes janae Ebeling, 1962 [9]
Melamphaes kobylyanskyi Kotlyar, 2015 [8]
Melamphaes laeviceps Ebeling, 1962 [4]
Melamphaes lentiginosus Kotlyar, 2015 [9]
Melamphaes leprus Ebeling, 1962 [6]
Melamphaes longivelis A. E. Parr, 1933 (Eye-brow bigscale) [8]
Melamphaes lugubris C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (High-snout bigscale) [10]
Melamphaes macrocephalus A. E. Parr, 1931 [6]
Melamphaes manifestus Kotlyar, 2011 [10]
Melamphaes microps (Günther, 1878) [10]
Melamphaes nikolayi Kotlyar, 2012 [3]
Melamphaes occlusus Kotlyar, 2012 [3]
Melamphaes pachystomus Kotlyar, 2011 [6]
Melamphaes papavereus Kotlyar, 2016 [7]
Melamphaes parini Kotlyar, 1999
Melamphaes parvus Ebeling, 1962 (Little bigscale) [9]
Melamphaes polylepis Ebeling, 1962 [6]
Melamphaes proximus Kotlyar, 2015 [1]
Melamphaes pumilus Ebeling, 1962 [2]
Melamphaes shcherbachevi Kotlyar, 2015 [9]
Melamphaes simus Ebeling, 1962 (Ridge-head bigscale) [7]
Melamphaes spinifer Ebeling, 1962 [4]
Melamphaes suborbitalis (T. N. Gill, 1883) (Shoulder-spine bigscale)
Melamphaes succedaneus Kotlyar, 2015 [1]
Melamphaes typhlops (R. T. Lowe, 1843) [5]
Melamphaes uniformis Kotlyar, 2013 [11]
Melamphaes xestoachidus Kotlyar, 2011 [10]

References

Kotlyar, A.N. (2015): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 3. Oligo-Raker Species: M. proximus sp. n., M. contradictorius sp. n., and M. succedaneus sp. n. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (5): 619-629.
Kotlyar, A.N. (2016): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 7. Oligo-Raker Species: M. danae and M. pumilus. Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (4): 477–487.
Kotlyar, A.N. (2012): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): Part 4. Multi-Raker Species: M. ebelingi, M. occlusus sp. nova, and M. nikolayi sp. nova. Journal of Ichthyology, 52 (4): 247-254.
Kotlyar, A.N. (2014): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 1. Oligo-Raker Species: M. laeviceps, M. spinifer, and M. eulepis. Journal of Ichthyology, 54 (9): 620-630.
Kotlyar, A.N. (2016): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 5. Oligo-Raker Species: M. indicus, M. eurous, and M. typhlops. Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (1): 19-30.
Kotlyar, A.N. (2011): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): II. Multi-Raker Species: M. polylepis, M. falsidicus sp. nova, M. pachystomus sp. nova, M. macrocephalus, M. leprus. Journal of Ichthyology, 51 (8): 569-580.
Kotlyar, A.N. (2016): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 6. Oligo-Raker Species: M. papavereus, M. simus, M. hubbsi. Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (3): 325-335.
Kotlyar, A.N. (2015): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 2. Oligo-Raker Species: M. longivelis Parr, M. inconspicuus sp. n., M. kobylyanskyi sp. n. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (3): 311-318.
Kotlyar, A.N. (2015): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 4. Oligo-Raker Species: M. parvus Ebeling, M. janae Ebeling, M. lentiginosus sp. n., M. shcherbachevi sp. n. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (6): 765-777.
Kotlyar, A.N. (2011): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): I. Multi-Raker Species: M. lugubris, M. xestoachidus sp. nova, M. microps, M. manifestus sp. nova. Journal of Ichthyology, 51 (8): 557-568.
Kotlyar, A.N. (2013): Melamphaes uniformis, a New Species of the Family Melamphaidae from the Tasman Sea. Journal of Ichthyology, 53 (9): 775-777.