WoRMS taxon details
Melanonus gracilis Günther, 1878
221402 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221402)
accepted
Species
Melanonosoma acutecaudatum Gilchrist, 1902 · unaccepted
Melanosoma acutecaudatum Gilchrist, 1902 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937808682376 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Melanonus gracilis Günther, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221402 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937808682376 [details]
original description (of Melanonosoma acutecaudatum Gilchrist, 1902) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1902). South African fishes. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 2: 101-113, Pls. 5-10. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Melanonosoma acutecaudatum Gilchrist, 1902) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1902). South African fishes. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 2: 101-113, Pls. 5-10. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pelagic cod | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Melanosoma acutecaudatum Gilchrist, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Melanonosoma acutecaudatum Gilchrist, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melanonus gracilis)
To FishBase (from synonym Melanonosoma acutecaudatum Gilchrist, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Melanosoma acutecaudatum Gilchrist, 1902)
To FishBase
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Melanosoma acutecaudatum Gilchrist, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Melanonosoma acutecaudatum Gilchrist, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melanonus gracilis)
To FishBase (from synonym Melanonosoma acutecaudatum Gilchrist, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Melanosoma acutecaudatum Gilchrist, 1902)
To FishBase
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
