Melamphaes succedanaus

Taxonavigation

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 succedanaus

Name

Melamphaes succedanaus Kotlyar, 2015

• Holotype: ZMMU P-23459
• Paratypes: IO RAS 03266 (1), 03267 (1); ZMMU P-23460 (11).

Type locality: Akademik Kurchatov, cruise 17 (AK17), January 24, 1974, station 1456, 0°02′ S, 122°04′ W, depth of site 4440 m, trawling depth 300–0 m.

Etymology: Specific epithet succedaneus is translated from Latin into Russian as “replacing,” which indicates that it replaces in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean closely related species of the complex Melamphaes longivelis from the Indian Ocean and western part of the Pacific Ocean.

References

Primary 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