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Revision of the genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): Part 3. Multirakered species: M. suborbitalis, M. parini, and M. acanthomus

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In the third part of the revision of the genus Melamphaes Melamphaidae (Melamphaidae), we examine multirakered species (20 and more rakers at the first gill arch) with seven soft rays in the ventral fin that have a posttemporal (temporal) spine directed anteriorly-upwards, with 14–15 rays in the pectoral fin, and 11 (rarely 12) trunk vertebrae. M. suborbitalis inhabits the Atlantic Ocean (in the north up to 57°N, in the south, up to 40°S), the Indian Ocean (is known in its southwestern part), and the western part of the Pacific Ocean. There is no significant evidence on catches of this species in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean. Apparently, M. suborbitalis is absent in the tropical waters of the oceans. Until recently, M. parini was known from the holotype caught in the Sea of Okhotsk. Two specimens of this rare species: from the central (the area of the Hawaiian Islands) and the northeastern part of the Pacific Ocean are reported. M. acanthomus is an endemic of the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean where it is known along the coasts of America from California to the northern coast of Chile (approximately between 33°N and 21°S).

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Original Russian Text © A.N. Kotlyar, 2012, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2012, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 164–176.

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Kotlyar, A.N. Revision of the genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): Part 3. Multirakered species: M. suborbitalis, M. parini, and M. acanthomus . J. Ichthyol. 52, 137–148 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945212020087

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