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Melamphaes

WoRMS 126181ITIS 166093key worms:126181
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2026-08-05: itis_id 166093 via WoRMS external link 2026-08-05: worms_id 126181 matched by name "Melamphaes" 2026-08-05: itis_id 166093 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Erika Schumacher · CC BY-NC 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Beryx splendens

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Collected by the B/O Miguel Oliver on the shelf edge of Pacific Central America
Photo · D. ROSS ROBERTSON, ARTURO ANGULO, CAROLE C. BALDWIN, DIANE PITASSY, AMY DRISKELL, LEE WEIGT, IGNACIO J.F. NAVARRO · CC BY 3.0 · commons

Melamphaes is a genus of fish in the family Melamphaidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.W CalCOFI holds 5,947 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, as larva, across 4 taxa under it.R

5,947
observations
5,947
records
4,328
sampling events
1951–2023
years
2
datasets
3
species under it
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 4,327 obs · 4,327 events · 1951–2023 · larva
    name used: Melamphaes · code 398
  • Mesopelagic Fish 1 obs · 1 events · 2011
    name used: Melamphaes sp. · code Melamphaes sp. sp. → genus

Under it · 3 taxa

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:126181%22