Melanocetus johnsonii

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: Melanocetus johnsonii

Name

Melanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864: 302

Holotype: BMNH 1864.7.18.6.

Type locality: Sea of Madeira, eastern Atlantic.

Synonyms

Centrocetus spinulosus Regan & Trewavas, 1932
Xenoceratias micracanthus Regan & Trewavas, 1932
Xenoceratias laevis Regan & Trewavas, 1932
Xenoceratias heterorhynchus 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.
Albuquerque, R.M. 1954-1956: Peixes de Portugal e ilhas adjacentes. Chavas para a sua determinação. Port. Acta biol., ser. B, 5: xvi+1167 pp., 445 fig.
Bertelsen, E. 1951: The ceratioid fishes, ontogeny, taxonomy, distribution and biology. Dana Rep., (39): 276 pp., 141 fig., I pl.
Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. 1896: Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by steamers Blake, Albatross and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic. Smithson. Contrib. Knowl., 30 and Spec. Bull U.S. natn. Mus., 1895 [1896] and Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 1 (Text): pp. xxxv+1-553; 2 (Atlas): pp. xxiii+1-26, 123 pl., 417 fig.
Melanocetus johnsonii in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Buckliger Anglerfisch
English: Humpback anglerfish, Common black devil, black-devil anglerfish
magyar: Púpos horgászhal
Nederlands: Johnsons hengelvis
中文: 約氏黑角鮟鱇