WoRMS name details
Melanocetus johnsoni Günther, 1864
221410 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221410)
unaccepted (misspelling)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). On a new genus of pediculate fish from the Sea of Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864.</em> (pt 2) (art. 6): 301-303, Pl. 25. Also as a separate, pp. 1-2. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Melanocetus johnsoni Günther, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221410 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). On a new genus of pediculate fish from the Sea of Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864.</em> (pt 2) (art. 6): 301-303, Pl. 25. Also as a separate, pp. 1-2. [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]
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]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Robertson, D. R.; Angulo, A.; Baldwin, C. C.; Pitassy, D.; Driskell, A.; Weigt, L.; Navarro, I. J. (2017). Deep-water bony fishes collected by the B/O Miguel Oliver on the shelf edge of Pacific Central America: an annotated, illustrated and DNA-barcoded checklist. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4348(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4348.1.1 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
