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Species in the family or subfamily Melanonidae: [ 6 ] records

acutecaudatum, Melanonosoma Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1902:106 [Marine Investigations in South Africa v. 2; ref. 1644] Off Cape Peninsula, Cape Point Light House, bearing S83°E, distance 35.5 miles, South Africa, depth 360 fathoms. Holotype (unique): SAM (apparently lost). •Synonym of Melanonus gracilis Günther 1878 -- (Cohen 1986:329 [ref. 5646], Cohen 1990:540 [ref. 15766]). Current status: Synonym of Melanonus gracilis Günther 1878. Melanonidae. Habitat: marine.

gracilis, Melanonus Günther [A.] 1878:19 [3] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28); ref. 2010] Antarctic Ocean, 62°26'S, 95°44'W, Challenger station 152, depth 1975 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1887.12.7.22. On page 3 of separate. See also Günther 1887:84, Pl. 14 (fig. B) [ref. 2013]. Henriques et al. 2001:43 [ref. 25317] suggest that there may be only one species in the family. •Valid as Melanonus gracilis Günther 1878 -- (Cohen 1986:329 [ref. 5646], Paxton et al. 1989:304 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:45 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:120 [ref. 24556], Cohen 1990:540 [ref. 15766], Chiu & Markle 1990:188 [ref. 21686], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:318 [ref. 18936], Miller 1993:561 [ref. 21297], Gomon et al. 1994:337 [ref. 22532], Trunov 1999:463 [ref. 24579], Henriques et al. 2001:43 [ref. 25317], Duhamel et al. 2005:274 [ref. 32059], Paxton et al. 2006:618 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:349 [ref. 30616], Struthers 2015:868 [ref. 34261], Iwamoto & Cohen 2016:2006 [ref. 34586], Sutton et al. 2020:230 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Melanonus gracilis Günther 1878. Melanonidae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

macrostoma, Melanonus Maul [G. E.] 1952:45, Fig. 11 [Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal No. 6 (art. 15); ref. 12789] Off Madeira. Syntypes: MMF 158-159 (1, 1). •Synonym of Melanonus zugmayeri Norman 1930 -- (Cohen 1973:327 [ref. 6589], Henriques et al. 2001:45 [ref. 25317]). Current status: Synonym of Melanonus zugmayeri Norman 1930. Melanonidae. Habitat: marine.

okamurai, Melanonus Li [S.-Z.] in Li & Zhang 2011:614, 881 [English], Fig. 262 [Fauna Sinica. Osteichthys: Perciformes (V) Gobioidei; ref. 31778] Northwestern Pacific: Okinawa Trough, southern Japan. Based on Melanonus sp. of Okamura, 1984, p. 195 and 355, Pl. 136 [ref. 8057]. Needs to be redescribed and the holotype indicated. •Appears to be unavailable, no fixation of a holotype or syntypes after 1999. Current status: Unknown. Melanonidae.

unipennis, Melanonus Beebe [W.] 1932:74 [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 13 (no. 4); ref. 16099] 10 miles southeast of Nonsuch Island, Bermuda, depth 700 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 170940 [ex NYZS 22397]. Paratypes or additional material: USNM 103129-30 (1, 1). Type catalog: Mead 1958:133 [ref. 20648]. •Synonym of Melanonus zugmayeri Norman 1930 -- (Cohen 1973:327 [ref. 6589], Cohen 1990:540 [ref. 15766], Henriques et al. 2001:45 [ref. 25317]). Current status: Synonym of Melanonus zugmayeri Norman 1930. Melanonidae. Habitat: marine.

zugmayeri, Melanonus Norman [J. R.] 1930:341, Fig. 35 [Discovery Reports v. 2; ref. 3219] Southeastern Atlantic [ca. 137 kilometers northnorthwest of Mossâmedes, Angola], 13°58'30"S, 11°43'30"E, Discovery station 270, depth 0-200 meters. Syntypes: BMNH 1930.1.12.943 (1) as holotype, 1930.1.12.945 (1). •Valid as Melanonus zugmayeri Norman 1930 -- (Cohen 1973:327 [ref. 6589], Arai in Uyeno et al. 1983:206 [ref. 14275], Cohen in Whitehead et al. 1986:724 [ref. 13676], Cohen 1986:329 [ref. 5646], Matarese et al. 1989:184 [ref. 26885], Paxton et al. 1989:304 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:120 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:115 [ref. 14674], Cohen 1990:540 [ref. 15766], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:318 [ref. 18936], Paulin in Amaoka et al. 1990:159 [ref. 16024], Shinohara et al. 1996:171 [ref. 26605], Santos et al. 1997:59 [ref. 23531], Pequeño 1997:82 [ref. 23536], Arruda 1997:73 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:798 [ref. 23897], Porteiro et al. 1999:41 [ref. 24203], Nakabo 2000:412 [ref. 25086], Henriques et al. 2001:43 [ref. 25317], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:412 [ref. 26001], Figueiredo & Santos in Menezes et al. 2003:62 [ref. 27192], Iwamoto & Cohen 2003:1001 [ref. 27011], Moore et al. 2003:212 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:55 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:260 [ref. 28379], Shinohara et al. 2005:415 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:619 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:349 [ref. 30616], Parin et al. 2014:170 [ref. 33547], Struthers 2015:869 [ref. 34261], Bañón et al. 2016:316 [ref. 34397], Iwamoto & Cohen 2016:2006 [ref. 34586], Carneiro et al. 2019:142 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:230 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:59 [ref. 38883], Bañón et al. 2021:6 [ref. 40417], Love et al. 2021:79 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:196 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:102 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Melanonus zugmayeri Norman 1930. Melanonidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas. Habitat: marine.