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

Name

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.

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