Author: (Günther, 1887)

Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887)

Diagnosis: head 32-38% of SL. Gillrakers 8-10 + 18-22. D II + 10-11; A I + 7-9. Origin of anal fin under fifth or sixth ray of dorsal fin. Size: 8.4-12.2 cm SL (at maturity).

Habitat: bathypelagic; adults 800-1,000 m or deeper. Food : no data. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: Atlantic, southern Indian and western South Pacific Oceans.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Ebeling & Weed, 1963, fig. 12C (young stages), fig. 12D-E (postlarvae).
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Beryciformes
Family Melamphaidae
Genus Scopelogadus
Species Scopelogadus beanii

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887)

Synonyms:

Melamphaes beanii Günther, 1887, Rep. Sci. Res. Voy. H.M.S. 'Challenger' . . ..22: 29-30 (substitute name for preoccupied Plectromus crassiceps Bean).
Plectromus crassiceps Bean, 1885, Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 8: 73-74 (western North Atlantic: 41° 40' N., 65° 35' W.; 39° 44' N., 71° 04' W.; 37° 41' N., 73° 03' W.). Three syntypes: USNM no. 33378, USNM no. 33509, USNM no. 34835 (not Scopelus crassiceps Günther, 1878).
Melamphaes eurylepis Holt & Byrne, 1906, Fish. Ireland Sci. Invest., 1905, (2): 19-21, 24, pl. 1 (fig. 1-2) (North of Ireland, 0-700 fms).
Scopelogadus beanii: Ebeling &Weed, 1963: 2428, fig. 12A-B (synonymy, description).


Common names:

none

Bean, T. H. 1885a. Description of a new species of Plectromus (P. crassiceps) taken by the United States Fish Commission. Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 8 (5): 73-74.

Ebeling, A. W.; Weed, H. 1963. Melamphaidae III. Systematics and distribution of the species in the bathypelagic fish genus Scopelogadus Vaillant. Dana Rep., (60): 58 p., 23 fig.

Günther, A. 1878. Preliminary notices of Deep-Sea Fishes Collected during the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5) 2: pp. 17-28, pp. 179-187, pp. 248-251.

Günther, A. 1887. Report on the Deep-sea Fishes collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Challenger Reports, Zool., 22: Ixv+268 pp., 7 fig., 66 pl.

Holt, E. W. L.; Byrne, L. W. 1906. The marine fauna of the coast of Ireland; part. VIII. First report on the fishes of the Irish Atlantic slope. Fish. Ireland scient. Invest., (1905), 2: 28 pp., 2 fig., pl.

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