Genus Melamphaes Günther, 1864
- Melamphaes Günther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the Fishes of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 5 455 pp. [433] [nom. nov. for Metopias Lowe, 1843].
- Metopias 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 11: 81-95 [90] [homonym of Metopias Gory, 1832].
Type species:
Metopias typhlops Lowe, 1843 by monotypy.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
MELAMPHAIDAE: Melamphaes longivelis Parr, 1933 — 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. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 55(3): 260-267 [in Russian, translation in Journal of Ichthyology 55(3): 311-318] (species restricted to North Atlantic)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Province (4), Southern Province (8)
General References
Ebeling, A.W. 1962. Melamphaidae I. Systematics and zoogeography of the species in the bathypelagic fish genus Melamphaes Günther. Dana Reports 58: 1-164 figs 1-73
Ebeling, A.W. 1986. Family No. 133: Melamphaidae. pp. 427-431 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [428]
Kotlyar, A.N. 2004. Family Melamphaidae Gill 1893 -- bigscales. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes 29: 1-11 [3]
Kotlyar, A.N. 2012. Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): Part 3. Multirakered Species: M. suborbitalis, M. parini, and M. acanthomus. Journal of Ichthyology 52(2): 137-148 [137]
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. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 55(3): 260-267 [in Russian, translation in Journal of Ichthyology 55(3): 311-318]
Kotlyar, A.N. 2015. Revision of the genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae). 3. Oligo-raker species: M. proximus sp. n., M. contradictorius sp. n., and M. succedanaus sp. n. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 55(5): 509-520 [In Russian, English translation in Journal of Ichthyology, v. 55 (5): 619-629]
Kotlyar, A.N. 2016. Revision of the genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 7. Oligo-raker species: M. danae and M. pumilis. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 56(4): 379-390 [In Russian, English translation in Journal of Ichthyology 56(4): 477-487]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | STEPHANOBERYCIFORMES | 08-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |