Species Melamphaes contradictorius Kotlyar, 2015
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- Melamphaes contradictorius 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] [515, fig. 3].
Type data:
Holotype ZMMU P-23458, between Fiji and Tasman Sea [29°41′ S, 164°39′E].
Paratype(s) ZMMU 23458.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Melamphaes longivelis Parr, 1933. —
Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Melamphaidae. pp. 747-749 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [748] (misidentification of species now regarded as confined to North Atlantic)
Introduction
Kotlyar (2015) indicated that Australian material could not be longivelis (which he regarded as confined to the Atlantic), and was probably contradictorius and that Australian material needed further study.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
East of Sydney, NSW (34°S) to east of the Tasman Peninsula, TAS; temperate, warm temperate, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12)
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
500 - 2000 m.
General References
Bray, D.J. 2008. Family Melamphaidae. pp. 410-412 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [410] (as Melamphaes longivelis Parr 1933)
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 [73] (as Melamphaes longivelis Parr 1933, in part)
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] (as Melamphaes longivelis Parr 1933, in part)
Kotlyar, A.N. 1996. Beryciform Fishes of the World Ocean. Moscow : VNIRO Publishing 368 pp. [273] (as Melamphaes longivelis Parr 1933, in part)
Kotlyar, A.N. 2004. Family Melamphaidae Gill 1893 -- bigscales. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes 29: 1-11 [3] (as Melamphaes longivelis Parr 1933, in part)
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]
Moore, J.A. & Paxton, J.R. 1999. Family Melamphaeidae. pp. 2201-2202 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2202] (as Melamphaes longivelis Parr 1933)
Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Melamphaidae. pp. 747-749 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [748] (as Melamphaes longivelis Parr 1933)
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [371] (as Melamphaes longivelis Parr 1933)
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Eyebrow Bigscale)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [31] (as Melamphaes longivelis) (Eyebrow Bigscale)
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 |