IRMNG - Melichthys Swainson, 1839

IRMNG taxon details

Melichthys Swainson, 1839

IRMNG_ID

1329819 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1329819)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Balistidae Rafinesque, 1810

Synonymised names

Melichtys · unaccepted (misspelling)

Melicthys · unaccepted (misspelling)

Oncobalistes Fowler, 1946 · unaccepted

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Species Melichthys indicus Randall & Klausewitz, 1973
Species Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786)
Species Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845)
Species Melichthys bispinosus Gilbert, 1890 accepted as Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786)
Species Melichthys nycteris (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) accepted as Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845)
Species Melichthys piceus (Poey, 1863) accepted as Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786)
Species Melichthys radula (Solander, 1848) accepted as Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786)
Species Melichthys ringens (Osbeck, 1765) accepted as Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

N. H. Fishes, etc., 2, 194
page(s): 325 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark (as subgenus of Balistes). Possibly based on a misidentified type species. Melanichthys Günther 1870 (not of Temminck &...

Taxonomic remark (as subgenus of Balistes). Possibly based on a misidentified type species. Melanichthys Günther 1870 (not of Temminck & Schlegel) apparently is an unjustified emendation. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Melichthys Swainson, 1839. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1329819 on 2024-11-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

db_admin

2017-11-22 13:18:58Z

changed

Decock, Wim

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original description N. H. Fishes, etc., 2, 194
page(s): 325 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Oncobalistes Fowler, 1946) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 98
page(s): 213 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info From FishBase: Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Type species as cited Balistes ringens Osbeck (not of Linnaeus) 1765 (= Balistes niger Bloch 1786) [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Oncobalistes Fowler, 1946)
To WoRMS (from synonym Melichtys)
To WoRMS (from synonym Melicthys)
To WoRMS