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Species in the genus Melanocetus: [ 25 ] records

acanthirostris, Rhynchoceratias Parr [A. E.] 1927:31, Fig. 11 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 1); ref. 3366] Western Atlantic, Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas, 23°37'N, 77°15'W, 7000 feet wire out. Holotype (unique): YPM 2011. Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:16 [ref. 16741]. •Synonym of Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887 -- (Bertelsen 1990:493 [ref. 15654], Pietsch 2009:366 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

braueri, Xenoceratias Koefoed [E.] 1944:6, Fig. 2 [Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 v. 4 (pt 2, no. 1); ref. 2651] North Atlantic, 34°59'N, 33°01'W, station 53, 2600 meters wire out, over 2615-2865 meters bottom depth. Holotype (unique): ZMUB 4309. Type catalog: Frøiland 1979:151 [ref. 21547]. •Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864 -- (Scott & Scott 1988:239 [ref. 25518] as johnsoni, Bertelsen 1990:492 [ref. 15654] as johnsoni, Pietsch 2009:362 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

brevirostris, Xenoceratias Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1932:57, Fig. 84 [Dana Report No. 2; ref. 3682] Sulawesi Sea, 3°20'N, 123°50'E, station 3739, about 1500 meters (3000 meters wire out). Holotype (unique): ZMUC P9247. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:86 [ref. 9588]. •Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864 -- (Bertelsen 1990:492 [ref. 15654] as johnsoni, Pietsch 2009:362 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

cirrifer, Melanocetus Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1932:52, Pl. 2 (fig. 1); Figs. 76a-77 [Dana Report No. 2; ref. 3682] Banda Sea, Indonesia, 4°05'S, 128°16'E, station 3678, depth 2000 meters (4000 meters wire out). Holotype (unique): ZMUC P9258. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:86 [ref. 9588]. Regarded as only a holotype; 3 more specimens questionably included. •Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864 -- (Bertelsen 1990:492 [ref. 15654] as johnsoni, Pietsch 2009:362 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

eustalus, Melanocetus Pietsch [T. W.] & Van Duzer [J. P.] 1980:79, Fig. 28 [United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin v. 78 (no. 1); ref. 5333] Eastern Pacific, off Mazatlán, Mexico, 21°39'N, 106°58'W, depth 0-1675 meters. Holotype (unique): LACM 30037-12. •Valid as Melanocetus eustalus Pietsch & Van Duzer 1980 -- (Pietsch 2009:366 [ref. 30766], Page et al. 2023:165 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:673 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Melanocetus eustalus Pietsch & Van Duzer 1980. Melanocetidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern Sinaloa south to Guerrero (Mexico); Clipperton Island (France). IUCN (2019): Data Deficient. Habitat: marine.

ferox, Melanocetus Regan [C. T.] 1926:33, Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [Danish Dana Expedition 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Oceanographical Reports. v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 3679] Gulf of Panama (Pacific), 6°48'N, 80°33'W, depth 1550 meters (3100 meters wire out). Holotype (unique): ZMUC P9257. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:86 [ref. 9588]. •Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864 -- (Bertelsen 1990:492 [ref. 15654] as johnsoni, Pietsch 2009:362 [ref. 30766], Fricke et al. 2024:673 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

heterorhynchus, Xenoceratias Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1932:56, Fig. 82 [Dana Report No. 2; ref. 3682] 19°1.5'N, 120°13'E, South China Sea, sta 3716, depth about 1500 meters (3000 meters of wire out). Syntypes: BMNH 192.5.3.10 (1), ZMUC P9248 (1). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:87 [ref. 9588]. •Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864 -- (Maul 1973:667 [ref. 7171] as johnsoni Bertelsen 1990:492 [ref. 15654] as johnsoni, Pietsch 2009:362 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

johnsonii, Melanocetus Günther [A.] 1864:302 [1], Pl. 25 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 2) (art. 6) (for 28 June 1864); ref. 5750] Sea of Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.7.18.6. On p. 1 of separate. •Valid as Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864 [earlier authors used johnsoni] -- (Maul 1973:667 [ref. 7171], Amaoka in Amaoka et al. 1983:117, 197 [ref. 8379], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:258 [ref. 14275], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:108 [ref. 6441], Bertelsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1376 [ref. 13677], Pietsch 1986:375 [ref. 5704], Paxton et al. 1989:287 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:43 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:140 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:232 [ref. 14674] as johnsoni, Bertelsen 1990:492 [ref. 15654], Stearn & Pietsch in Okamura et al. 1995:139 [ref. 22531], Swinney 1995:53 [ref. 22647], Stewart & Pietsch 1998:5 [ref. 23378], Santos et al. 1997:64 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:126 [ref. 24952] as johnsoni, McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:865 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:110 [ref. 24106], Trunov 1999:464 [ref. 24579] as johnsoni, Pietsch 1999:2028 [ref. 24766] as johnsoni, Nakabo 2000:474 [ref. 25086] as johnsoni, Caruso in Randall & Lim 2000:598 [ref. 25122], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:24 [ref. 25650], Nakabo 2002:474 [ref. 26001], Anderson & Leslie 2001:4 [ref. 26165], Pietsch 2003:1059 [ref. 27014], Moore et al. 2003:214 [ref. 27076], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:65 [ref. 27192] as johnsoni, Love et al. 2005:59 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:269 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:201 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:657 [ref. 28994], Pietsch 2008:380 [ref. 30637], Pietsch 2009:361 [ref. 30766], Møller et al. 2010:45 [ref. 31169] as johnsoni, Parin et al. 2014:186 [ref. 33547], Stewart & Pietsch 2015:906 [ref. 34271], Ho et al. 2016:269 [ref. 34483], Pietsch 2016:2061 [ref. 34597], Robertson et al. 2017:71 [ref. 35676] as johnsoni, Banón et al. 2019:[2] 607 [ref. 38699], Burton & Lea 2019:52 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:215 [ref. 37250], Kenchington et al. 2020:[6] [ref. 37729], Sutton et al. 2020:233 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:88 [ref. 39279], Mincarone et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38381], Eduardo et al. 2022:10 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:302 [ref. 39448] possible, Page et al. 2023:165 [ref. 40505], Reading & Horton 2023:16 [ref. 41317], Fricke et al. 2024:673 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864. Melanocetidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through cold temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Timor Sea, Arafura Sea, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, Gulf of California/Mexico). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

krechi, Melanocetus Brauer [A.] 1902:293 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 25 (no. 668); ref. 631] East of Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean, 5°42'S, 43°36'E, Valdivia station 239, depth 0 to 2500 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMB 17688. •Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864 -- (Bertelsen 1990:492 [ref. 15654] as johnsoni, Pietsch 2009:362 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

laevis, Xenoceratias Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1932:56, Fig. 83 [Dana Report No. 2; ref. 3682] South China Sea, 14°37'N, 119°52'E, station 3731, depth about 1000 meters (2000 meters of wire out). Holotype (unique): ZMUC P9249. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:87 [ref. 9588]. •Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864 -- (Maul 1973:667 [ref. 7171] as johnson, Bertelsen 1990:492 [ref. 15654] as johnsoni, Pietsch 2009:362 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

latirhinus, Rhynchoceratis Parr [A. E.] 1927:31, Fig. 12 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 1); ref. 3366] Off Cat Island, Bahamas, 24°11'N, 75°37'W, 8000 feet wire out. Holotype (unique): YPM 2012. Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:16 [ref. 16741]. Genus should have been Rhynchoceratias. •Synonym of Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887 -- (Bertelsen 1990:493 [ref. 15654], Pietsch 2009:366 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

longipinnis, Rhynchoceratias Parr [A. E.] 1930:7, Figs. 2-5 [Occasional Papers of the Bingham Oceanograpic Collection v. 3; ref. 16116] Near Bermuda, 32°19'18"N, 64°32'30"W, 8000 feet wire out. Holotype (unique): YPM 2592. Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:16 [ref. 16741]. •Synonym of Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887 -- (Bertelsen 1990:493 [ref. 15654], Pietsch 2009:367 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

longirostris, Xenoceratias Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1932:54, Fig. 80 [Dana Report No. 2; ref. 3682] Western Pacific, north of New Guinea, 3°40.5'N, 137°53'E, station 3751, depth about 1500 meters (3000 meters of wire out). Holotype (unique): ZMUC P9259. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:87 [ref. 9588]. •Uncertain status in Melanocetus -- (Pietsch 2009:368 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Uncertain. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

megalodontis, Melanocetus Beebe [W.] & Crane [J.] 1947:152, Fig. 1 [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 31 (pt 4, no. 11); ref. 6539] 145 miles north of Clarion Island, eastern Pacific, 20°36'N, 115°07'W, depth 500 fathoms. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 46488 [ex NYZS 25791]. Type catalog: Mead 1958:133 [ref. 20648]. •Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864 -- (Bertelsen 1990:492 [ref. 15654] as johnsoni, Pietsch 2009:362 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

micracanthus, Xenoceratias Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1932:55, Fig. 81 [Dana Report No. 2; ref. 3682] Eastern Atlantic, 0°31'S, 11°02'W, station 4000, depth about 2000 meters (4000 meters of wire out). Holotype (unique): ZMUC P9250. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:87 [ref. 9588]. •Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864 -- (Maul 1973:667 [ref. 7171] as johnsoni, Bertelsen 1990:492 [ref. 15654] as johnsoni, Pietsch 2009:362 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

murrayi, Melanocetus Günther [A.] 1887:57, Pl. 11 (fig. A) [Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger v. 22 (pt 57); ref. 2013] Central Atlantic, 1°47'N, 24°26'W, Challenger station 348, depth 0 to 2450 fathoms (3386 meters). Lectotype: BMNH 1887.12.7.17. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1887.12.7.18 (1). Lectotype established by Regan 1926:32 [ref. 3679]. •Valid as Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887 -- (Maul 1973:667 [ref. 7171], Yamakawa in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:289, 384 [ref. 8057], Bertelsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1377 [ref. 13677], Paxton et al. 1989:287 [ref. 12442], Bertelsen 1990:493 [ref. 15654], Stearn & Pietsch in Okamura et al. 1995:140 [ref. 22531], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:866 [ref. 23897], Pietsch 1999:2028 [ref. 24766], Nakabo 2000:474 [ref. 25086], Caruso in Randall & Lim 2000:598 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:474 [ref. 26001], Anderson & Leslie 2001:4 [ref. 26165], Pietsch 2003:1059 [ref. 27014], Moore et al. 2003:214 [ref. 27076], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:65 [ref. 27192], Shinohara et al. 2005:420 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:269 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:658 [ref. 28994], Pietsch 2009:366 [ref. 30766], Møller et al. 2010:45 [ref. 31169], Stewart & Pietsch 2015:907 [ref. 34271], Pietsch 2016:2061 [ref. 34597], Carneiro et al. 2019:215 [ref. 37250], Kenchington et al. 2020:[6] [ref. 37729], Sutton et al. 2020:234 [ref. 37832], Mincarone et al. 2021:24 [ref. 38381], Fermon et al. 2022:302 [ref. 39448] with question, Grove et al. 2022:22 [ref. 41326], Bañón et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40093], Page et al. 2023:165 [ref. 40505], Reading & Horton 2023:16 [ref. 41317], Fricke et al. 2024:673 [ref. 41622], Victor et al. 2024:82 [ref. 42021]). Current status: Valid as Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887. Melanocetidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, South China Sea, East China Sea, southern Sea of Japan, Timor Sea, Arafura Sea, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, Gulf of California/Mexico). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

niger, Melanocetus Regan [C. T.] 1925:565 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 15 (no. 91); ref. 3677] Gulf of Panama, 6°48'N, 80°33'W, 3500 meters wire out. Lectotype: ZMUC P9252. Syntypes: (7) BMNH 1925.8.11.28 (1), 1925.8.11.29 (1), 1925.8.11.30 (1), 1925.8.11.31 (?); ZMUC P9251 (1), P9253-56 (4). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:86 [ref. 9588]. Lectotype selected by •Valid as Melanocetus niger Regan 1925 -- (Pequeño 1989:43 [ref. 14125], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:200 [ref. 28944], Pietsch 2009:365 [ref. 30766], Page et al. 2023:165 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:673 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Melanocetus niger Regan 1925. Melanocetidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Michoacán (Mexico) south to Peru, including Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

nudus, Xenoceratias Beebe [W.] & Crane [J.] 1947:155, Fig. 2 [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 31 (pt 4, no. 11); ref. 6539] 20 miles south of Cape Blanco, Costa Rica, 9°12'N, 85°10'W, depth 500 fathoms (915 meters). Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 46495 [ex NYZS 28402]. Type catalog: Mead 1958:134 [ref. 20648]. •Uncertain status in Melanocetus -- (Pietsch 2009:368 [ref. 30766]). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Uncertain. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

polyactis, Melanocetus Regan [C. T.] 1925:565 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 15 (no. 91); ref. 3677] Gulf of Panama, 6°40'N, 80°47'W, about 1750 meters. Lectotype: ZMUC P9260. Paralectotypes: (2) BMNH 1925.8.11.32 (1); ZMUC P92155 (1). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:86 [ref. 9588]. Lectotype selected by Bertelsen 1951:55 [ref. 287]. •Valid as Melanocetus polyactis Regan 1925 -- (Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:200 [ref. 28944], Pietsch 2009:364 [ref. 30766], Page et al. 2023:165 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:674 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Melanocetus polyactis Regan 1925. Melanocetidae. Distribution: Eastern-central equatorial Pacific,; eastern Pacific: Chiapas (Mexico) south to Peru. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

regani, Xenoceratias Koefoed [E.] 1944:4, Pl. 1 (fig. 6) [Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 v. 4 (pt 2, no. 1); ref. 2651] North Atlantic, 34°59'N, 33°01'W, station 53, 2600 meters wire out, over 2615-2865 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMUB 4311. Type catalog: Frøiland 1979:151 [ref. 21547]. •Synonym of Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887 -- (Bertelsen 1990:493 [ref. 15654], Pietsch 2009:366 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

rossi, Melanocetus Balushkin [A. V.] & Fedorov [V. V.] 1981:79, Figs. 1-2 [Biologiya Morya (Vladivostok) v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 21702] Ross Sea, Antarctica, 74°46'S, 177°35'W, depth 420 meters. Holotype (unique): ZIN 45349. •Valid as Melanocetus rossi Balushkin & Fedorov 1981 -- (Pietsch 1990:214 [ref. 21691], Pietsch 2009:364 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Valid as Melanocetus rossi Balushkin & Fedorov 1981. Melanocetidae. Distribution: Ross Sea, Antarctica (one specimen). Habitat: marine.

rotundatus, Melanocetus Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1903:206, Pl. 15 [Marine Investigations in South Africa v. 2; ref. 1645] 36 miles off Cape Point Lighthouse, bearing N.E. 3/4 E, depth 600 fathoms. Holotype (unique): SAM (apparently lost). Second specimen questionably included and therefore not regarded as a type. •Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864 -- (Pietsch 1986:375 [ref. 5704] as johnsoni, Bertelsen 1990:492 [ref. 15654] as johnsoni, Pietsch 2009:361 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

spinulosus, Centrocetus Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1932:53, Fig. 79 [Dana Report No. 2; ref. 3682] Indian Ocean, 12°02'S, 96°43'E, station 3847, 3000 meters wire out. Lectotype: ZMUC P9246. Paralectotype: BMNH 1932.5.3.8 (1). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:86 [ref. 9588]. Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Van Duzer 1980:73. •Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864 -- (Maul 1973:667 [ref. 7171] as johnson, Bertelsen 1990:492 [ref. 15654] as johnsoni, Pietsch 2009:362 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

tumidus, Melanocetus Parr [A. E.] 1927:28, Fig. 10 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 1); ref. 3366] Western Atlantric, Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas, 23°58'N, 77°26'W, 7000 feet wire out. Holotype: YPM 2022. Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:17 [ref. 16741]. •Synonym of Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887 -- (Bertelsen 1990:493 [ref. 15654], Pietsch 2009:367 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.

vorax, Melanocetus Brauer [A.] 1902:294 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 25 (no. 668); ref. 631] Golf of Guinea, 2°00'N, 8°04'W, Valdivia station 63, depth to 2492 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMB 17710. •Synonym of Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887 -- (Maul 1973:667 [ref. 7171], Bertelsen 1990:493 [ref. 15654], Pietsch 2009:366 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887. Melanocetidae. Habitat: marine.