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Gasterochisma melampus
Richardson
Gasterochisma melampus
was originally described as
Gasterochisma melampus
by Richardson in 1845. It belongs to the family
Scombridae
and subfamily
Gasterochismatinae
. It is commonly known as Butterfly kingfish but has many other common names such as Butterfly mackerel in Australia, Butterfly mackerel in USA, Urokomaguro in Japan, Grootskub-makriel in South Africa, Pez chauchera in Chile.
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It is found in Salt water.
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melampus
AuthorWI
Richardson [J.]
AuthorNI
Richardson
Qualification
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Year
1845
Status
Valid
Class
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes
Order
Scombriformes
Scombriformes
Family
Scombridae
Subfamily
Gasterochismatinae
Gasterochismatinae
Genus
Gasterochisma
Subgenus
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Class
Osteichthyes
Order
Scombriformes
Family
Scombridae
Subfamily
Gasterochismatinae
Genus
Gasterochisma
Original Name
Gasterochisma
Taxon Name
melampus
Original Combination
Gasterochisma melampus
Original Genus
Gasterochisma
Original Genus Species
Gasterochisma melampus
OriginalSubGenus
Gasterochisma
Original Author
Richardson
Original AuthorWI
Richardson [J.]
Original Qualification
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Original Year
1845
Original Family
Scombridae
Original SubFamily
Gasterochismatinae
Original Level
species
Type Locality
Port Nicholson, New Zealand.
Primary Code
Holotype
Primary Type
BMNH 1855.9.19.158
Journal
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (n. s.)
Citation
v. 15 (no. 99)
Page
346
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Qualification SS
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Current Genus Species
Gasterochisma melampus
Current Species
melampus
Current Genus
Gasterochisma
Current AuthorWI
Richardson [J.]
Current AuthorNI
Richardson
Current Year
1845
Current Family
Scombridae
Current Subfamily
Gasterochismatinae
Gasterochismatinae
Habitat
Marine.
Water
Salt water
Habitat Notes
Occurs in deep oceanic waters (Ref. 9563), most abundant in waters of 8° to 10°C. Stomach contents of the specimen from north of the Hawaiian Archipelago include onychoteuthids, ommastrephid squid, vertebrae and fin rays from an unidentified fish, bird feathers and parasitic nematodes (Ref. 11006). Taken as by-catch by Japanese longliners fishing for @Thunnus maccoyii@.
Current Summary
Valid as
Gasterochisma melampus
Richardson 1845. Scombridae: Gasterochismatinae.
Name History
•Valid as Gasterochisma melampus Richardson 1845 -- (Collette & Nauen 1983:37 [ref. 5375], Collette 1986:833 [ref. 5647], Pequeño 1989:67 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:229 [ref. 24556], Nakamura in Amaoka et al. 1990:311 [ref. 16024], Gomon et al. 1994:821 [ref. 22532], Ito et al. 1994:482 [ref. 22341], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:393 [ref. 24555], Johnson 1999:751 [ref. 25471], Collette et al. 2001:2 [ref. 25629], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Collette 2003:4 [ref. 27312], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27192], Mundy 2005:505 [ref. 28379], Bray et al. 2006:1771 [ref. 29091], Gomon 2008:784 [ref. 30616], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:118 [ref. 36167], Roberts 2015:1630 [ref. 34193], Nión et al. 2016:53 [ref. 35565], Rotundo et al. 2015:294 [ref. 36921], Collette & Graves 2019:63 [ref. 37341]).
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fallai
Gasterochisma fallai
(Serventy [D. L.] 1948)
Synonym
holmbergi
Gasterochisma holmbergi
(Lahille [F.] 1903)
Synonym
huttonii
Gasterochisma huttonii
(Günther [A.] 1889)
Synonym
rochei eudorax
Gasterochisma rochei eudorax
(Collette [B. B.] & Aadland [C. R.] 1996)
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