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View Mode View All Pictures Species Melamphaes acanthomus Ebeling    Melamphaes acanthomus was originally described as Melamphaes acanthomus by Ebeling in 1962. It belongs to the family Melamphaidae. It is commonly known as Shoulderspine bigscale and is known Shoulderspine bigscale in USA (contiguous states), Melánfido in Spain, Slender bigscale in United Kingdom. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Eastern Pacific off southern California to the Gulf of Panama and Gulf of California south to northern Chile.   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   acanthomus AuthorWI   Ebeling [A. W.] AuthorNI   Ebeling Qualification   --- Year   1962 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Beryciformes Beryciformes Family   Melamphaidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Melamphaes Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Beryciformes Family   Melamphaidae Genus   Melamphaes Original Name   Melamphaes         Taxon Name   acanthomus Original Combination   Melamphaes acanthomus Original Genus   Melamphaes Original Genus Species   Melamphaes acanthomus OriginalSubGenus   Melamphaes Original Author   Ebeling Original AuthorWI   Ebeling [A. W.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1962 Original Family   Melamphaidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Off San Diego, California, U.S.A., 32°46'N, 117°32.5'W, depth 0-840 meters over bottom depth of 1040 meters. Types   Paratypes: SIO 50-269 (1), 50-286 (1), 51-16 (1), 51-74 (1), 51-80 (1), 51-92 (1), 51-392 (1), 52-39 (1), 54-83 (1), 54-86 [spec. 2] (1), 54-123 to 124 (1, 1), 54-126 (1), 57-96 (2), 59-200 (3), 59-202 to 203 (3, 1); CAS-SU 46480 (1); ZMUC P41118 (1). Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:58 [ref. 9588]. Primary Code   Holotype Primary Type   SIO 54-86 [spec. 1] Journal   Dana Rep. Citation   No. 58 Page   51 Illustrations   Fig. 22 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Original QualificationSS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Melamphaes acanthomus Current Species   acanthomus Current Genus Melamphaes Current AuthorWI Ebeling [A. W.] Current AuthorNI   Ebeling Current Year   1962 Current Family Melamphaidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat bathypelagic         Water Salt water Depth Range From 250 to 3500 meters.     Distribution Eastern Pacific off southern California to the Gulf of Panama and Gulf of California south to northern Chile. Current Summary   Valid as Melamphaes acanthomus  Ebeling 1962. Melamphaidae.   Name History   • Valid as Melamphaes acanthomus  Ebeling 1962 -- (Pequeño 1989:52 [ref. 14125], Kotlyar 1996:273 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 2004:1 [ref. 27590], Kotlyar 2012:145 [ref. 31963] as acanthmus  once on p. 145, Kotlyar 2012:254 [ref. 32009]). Common Names  Common Names Picture Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 3 (63 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]23 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   atlanticus Melamphaes atlanticus Norman [J. R.] 1929 Synonym beanii Melamphaes beanii Günther [A.] 1887 Synonym bericoides Melamphaes bericoides (Borodin [N. A.] 1929) Synonym bispinosus Melamphaes bispinosus Gilbert [C. H.] 1915 Synonym cavernosus Melamphaes cavernosus Chapman [W. M.] 1939 Synonym cocles Melamphaes cocles (Vaillant [L. L.] 1888) Synonym contradictorius Melamphaes contradictorius Kotlyar [A. N.] 2015 Valid crassicauda Melamphaes crassicauda Koefoed [E.] 1953 Synonym crassiceps Melamphaes crassiceps (Günther [A.] 1878) Synonym cristiceps Melamphaes cristiceps Gilbert [C. H.] 1890 Synonym danae Melamphaes danae Ebeling [A. W.] 1962 Valid ebelingi Melamphaes ebelingi Keene [M. J.] 1973 Valid eulepis Melamphaes eulepis Ebeling [A. W.] 1962 Valid eurous Melamphaes eurous Kotlyar [A. N.] 2016 Valid eurylepis Melamphaes eurylepis Holt [E. W. L.] & Byrne [L. W.] 1906 Synonym falsidicus Melamphaes falsidicus Kotlyar [A. N.] 2011 Valid frontosus Melamphaes frontosus Garman [S.] 1899 Synonym hubbsi Melamphaes hubbsi Ebeling [A. W.] 1962 Valid inconspicuus Melamphaes inconspicuus Kotlyar [A. N.] 2015 Valid indicus Melamphaes indicus Ebeling [A. W.] 1962 Valid janae Melamphaes janae Ebeling [A. W.] 1962 Valid kobylyanskyi Melamphaes kobylyanskyi Kotlyar [A. N.] 2015 Valid laeviceps Melamphaes laeviceps Ebeling [A. W.] 1962 Valid lentiginosus Melamphaes lentiginosus Kotlyar [A. N.] 2015 Valid leprus Melamphaes leprus Ebeling [A. W.] 1962 Valid 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 3 (63 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]23 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…