Melamphaes inconspicuus

Taxonavigation: Berycoidei

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: Melamphaes inconspicuus

Name

Melamphaes inconspicuus Kotlyar, 2015

• Holotype: ZMMU P.23453.
• Paratypes: ZMMU P.23454 (3).

Type locality: R/V Akademik Sergei Vavilov, cruise one, May 20–21, 1988, station 46, 31°24′ N, 21°24′ W, station depth ~5000 m, trawling depth 175–196 m.

Etymology: It is emphasized by the species name (from the lat. inconspicuus (= imperceptible, inconspicuous) that it is related to M. longivelis and, probably, specimens caught earlier were attributed to M. longivelis by mistake.

References

• 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. / Journal of Ichthyology 55 (3): 311–318. DOI: 10.1134/S0032945215030066