Melamphaes
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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
Melamphaes is a genus of fish in the family Melamphaidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.W CalCOFI holds 5,958 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, as larva, across 4 taxa under it.R
- 5,958
- observations
- 5,958
- records
- 4,334
- sampling events
- 1951–2023
- years
- 2
- datasets
- 3
- species under it
- larva
- life stages
Observed in 2 datasetsi
One row per dataset, and beside it 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.
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One row per dataset, and beside it 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.
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name used: Melamphaes · code
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name used: Melamphaes sp. · code
Melamphaes sp.sp. → genus
Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:126181")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:126181'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 3 taxa · Melamphaes lugubris most observed
- sp Melamphaes lugubris Highsnout bigscale1,181
- sp Melamphaes parvus Little bigscale425
- sp Melamphaes simus18
Life stages larva
- Ichthyoplankton larva
The stages each dataset records for it, from the release's obs_bio.life_stage.
Lineage 12 ranks · Biota to Melamphaidae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · Erika Schumacher · CC BY-NC 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Beryx splendens · source
- Photo · D. ROSS ROBERTSON, ARTURO ANGULO, CAROLE C. BALDWIN, DIANE PITASSY, AMY DRISKELL, LEE WEIGT, IGNACIO J.F. NAVARRO · CC BY 3.0 · commons · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Melamphaes” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1354874150
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist · GBIF
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.19
Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗