WoRMS name details

Melamphaes beanii Günther, 1887

306591  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:306591)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Beryciformes (Order)
  11. Berycoidei (Suborder)
  12. Melamphaidae (Family)
  13. Melamphaes (Genus)
  14. Melamphaes beanii (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1887). Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 22 (part 57): i-lxv, 1-268, pl. 1-73., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-57/README.htm [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Melamphaes beanii Günther, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=306591 on 2026-06-13
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2008-02-28 13:41:07Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Günther, A. (1887). Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 22 (part 57): i-lxv, 1-268, pl. 1-73., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-57/README.htm [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 (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) 
To FishBase 
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 27 proteins) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plectromus crassiceps P07766 illustration) 
Unreviewed

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