Melamphaes kobylyanskyi

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 kobylyanskyi

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Melamphaes kobylyanskyi Kotlyar, 2015

  • Holotype: ZMMU P-23455.

Type locality: R/V Akademik Ioffe, cruise 29, November 19, 2009, station 21843, 29°28′ S, 0°11′ E, station depth 4106 m, trawling depth 2000–0 m.

Etymology: The species is named after Stanislav Genrikhovich Kobylyansky, friend and colleague of the author in the Laboratory of Oceanic Ichthyofauna, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences. He is the famous researcher of the mesopelagic fauna of the World Ocean and provided the author with materials on fish from the family Melamphaidae collected on cruise 29 of the Akademik Ioffee research vessel.

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References

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  • 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