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View Mode View All Pictures Species 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 in Australia as Butterfly mackerel, in USA (contiguous states) as Butterfly mackerel, in Japan as Urokomaguro, in South Africa as Grootskub-makriel, in Chile as Pez chauchera. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Circumglobal in Southern Ocean temperate waters, mostly between 30° and 50°S; waifs in northern Pacific.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   melampus AuthorWI   Richardson [J.] AuthorNI   Richardson Qualification   --- Year   1845 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Scombriformes Scombriformes Family   Scombridae Subfamily   Gasterochismatinae Gasterochismatinae Genus   Gasterochisma Subgenus   --- 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   --- 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 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Gasterochisma melampus Current Species   melampus Current Genus   Gasterochisma Current AuthorWI   Lahille [F.] Current AuthorNI   Lahille Current Year   1845 Current Family   Scombridae Current Subfamily   Gasterochismatinae Gasterochismatinae Habitat pelagic         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 f     Distribution Circumglobal in Southern Ocean temperate waters, mostly between 30° and 50°S; waifs in northern Pacific. 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]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (4 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   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) Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (4 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…