WoRMS taxon details
Melamphaes lugubris Gilbert, 1890
274932 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274932)
accepted
Species
Melamphaes cavernosus Chapman, 1939 · unaccepted
Melamphaës lugubris Gilbert, 1890 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectromus lugubris (Gilbert, 1890) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gilbert, C. H. (1890). A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Melamphaes lugubris Gilbert, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274932 on 2025-09-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Gilbert, C. H. (1890). A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126. [details]
original description (of Melamphaes cavernosus Chapman, 1939) Chapman, W. M. (1939). Eleven new species and three new genera of oceanic fishes collected by the International Fisheries Commission from the northeastern Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86 (no. 3062): 501-542. [details]
original description (of Melamphaes cavernosus Chapman, 1939) Chapman, W. M. (1939). Eleven new species and three new genera of oceanic fishes collected by the International Fisheries Commission from the northeastern Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86 (no. 3062): 501-542. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | highsnout melamphidHighsnout bigscale | [details] |
| French | heaume triste | [details] |
| Japanese | ホンカブトウオ | [details] |
| Russian | Траурный меламфай | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Melamphaes cavernosus Chapman, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Plectromus lugubris (Gilbert, 1890))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melamphaes lugubris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Melamphaes cavernosus Chapman, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Melamphaës lugubris Gilbert, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectromus lugubris (Gilbert, 1890))
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Melamphaes cavernosus Chapman, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Plectromus lugubris (Gilbert, 1890))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melamphaes lugubris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Melamphaes cavernosus Chapman, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Melamphaës lugubris Gilbert, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectromus lugubris (Gilbert, 1890))
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
