WoRMS taxon details
Melamphaes suborbitalis (Gill, 1883)
127270 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127270)
accepted
Species
Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883) Gill, T. N. (1883). Diagnosis of new genera and species of deep-sea fish-like vertebrates. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 6 (no. 380): 253-260. [details]
Distribution Scotian Slope southward to Venezuela
Distribution Scotian Slope southward to Venezuela [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Melamphaes suborbitalis (Gill, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127270 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883) Gill, T. N. (1883). Diagnosis of new genera and species of deep-sea fish-like vertebrates. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 6 (no. 380): 253-260. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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 (Bermuda) Keene, M. J.; Gibbs, R. H.; Krueger,W. H. (1987). Family melamphaidae, bigscales. In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. , (452): 169-185 [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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]
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]
context source (Bermuda) Keene, M. J.; Gibbs, R. H.; Krueger,W. H. (1987). Family melamphaidae, bigscales. In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. , (452): 169-185 [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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]
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
Distribution Scotian Slope southward to Venezuela [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Adults occur below 500 m. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | トゲカブトウオ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melamphaes suborbitalis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883)
To FishBase images (Melamphaes suborbitalis, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plectromus suborbitalis P07767 illustration) (from synonym Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melamphaes suborbitalis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883)
To FishBase images (Melamphaes suborbitalis, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plectromus suborbitalis P07767 illustration) (from synonym Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883)
To PESI
To ITIS
