Species that contain: Melanocetus and murrayi [ 7 ] 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.

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.

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, Bañón et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40093]). Current status: Valid as Melanocetus murrayi Günther 1887. Melanocetidae. Distribution: Circumglobal. 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.

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.