WoRMS taxon details
Melanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864
AphiaID: 126556
AphiaID: 126556
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Melanocetidae (Family) > Melanocetus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Melanocetus Günther, 1864 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Centrocetus spinulosus Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Melanocetus cirrifer Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Melanocetus ferox Regan, 1926 Melanocetus johnsoni Günther, 1864 (misspelling) Melanocetus krechi Brauer, 1902 Melanocetus megalodontis Beebe & Crane, 1947 Melanocetus rotundatus Gilchrist, 1903 Melanocoetus rotundatus Gilchrist, 1903 (misspelling) Xenoceratias braueri Koefoed, 1944 Xenoceratias brevirostris Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Xenoceratias heterorhynchus Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Xenoceratias laevis Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Xenoceratias micracanthus Regan & Trewavas, 1932 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] from synonym: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 17 proteins) To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: tropical to temperate parts of all oceans, as far north as Sable Island Bank [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found to depths of 2091 m. [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Reproduction: Spawns June to November; oviparous with planktonic larvae; eggs believed to be contained in floating gelatinous rafts [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126556 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Melanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126556 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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