Melanocetus murrayi

Taxonavigation

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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

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Melanocetus Günther, 1864

Gender: masculine

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

Synonyms

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References

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  • 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.
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