Melanocetus

Melanocetus murrayi

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: M. eustalus – M. johnsonii – M. murrayi – M. niger – M. rossi

Name

Melanocetus Günther, 1864

Gender: masculine

Type species: Melanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Centrocetus Regan & Trewavas, 1932
• Liocetus Günther, 1887
• Lyocetus Günther, 1887
• Xenoceratias Regan & Trewavas, 1932

References

• Günther, A. 1864: On a new genus of pediculate fish from the Sea of Madeira. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1864 (pt 2): 301–303, Pl. 25.
• Günther, A. 1865: On a new genus of pediculate fish from the Sea of Madeira. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) 15(87): 332–334.
• Bertelsen, E. & T.W. Pietsch 1983: The ceratioid anglerfishes of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 35: 77–99.
• Anderson, M.E. & R.W. Leslie 2001: Review of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern Africa. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 70: 1–32.

Links

• Melanocetus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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