Melanocetus niger

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ceratioidea

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: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Lophiiformes Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei Superfamilia: Ceratioidea

Familia: Melanocetidae
Genus: Melanocetus
Species: Melanocetus niger

Name

Melanocetus niger Regan, 1925: 565

Lectotype: ZMUC P9252.

Syntypes: (7) BMNH 1925.8.11.28 (1), 1925.8.11.29 (1), 1925.8.11.30 (1), 1925.8.11.31 (?); ZMUC P9251 (1), P9253-56 (4).

Type locality: Gulf of Panama, 6°48'N, 80°33'W, 3500 meters wire out.

References

• Regan, C.T. 1925: New ceratioid fishes from the N. Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Panama, collected by the 'Dana.' Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) 15(89): 561–567.
• Castellanos-Galindo, G.A. , E.A. Rubio Rincon, B.S. Beltrán-Léon and C.C. Baldwin 2006: Check list of stomiiform, aulopiform and myctophiform fishes from Colombian waters of the tropical eastern Pacific. Biota Colombiana, 7(2): 245–262.
• Melanocetus niger in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Black Humpback Anglerfish