Melamphaes contradictorius

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 contradictorius

Name

Melamphaes contradictorius Kotlyar, 2015

• Holotype: ZM MU P-23458
• Paratypes: ZM MU P-23458 (4) [same no. like holotype].

Type locality: Dmitrii Mendeleev, cruise 16, December 31, 1975, station 1249, pelagic trawl no. 9, 29°41′ S, 164°39′ E, trawling depth 200 m.

Etymology: Specific epithet contradictorius, from Latin contradictory, stresses close relation of characters of this species to other species of complex Melamphaes longivelis.

References

• Kotlyar, A. N., 2015: Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 3. Oligoraker Species: M. proximus sp. n., M. contradictorius sp. n., and M. succedanaus sp. n. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 55 (5): 509–520. / Journal of Ichthyology 55 (5): 619–629. DOI: 10.1134/S0032945215050082