List of Nominal Species of Melanocetidae
(Black Seadevils)
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Nominal Species (n = 26) Present allocation (n = 6) Ref.
Rhynchoceratias acanthirostris Parr, 1927 Melanocetus murrayi 4491
Xenoceratias braueri Koefoed, 1944 Melanocetus johnsonii 4491
Xenoceratias brevirostris Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Melanocetus johnsonii 4491
Melanocetus cirrifer Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Melanocetus johnsonii 4491
Melanocetus eustalus Pietsch & Van Duzer, 1980 Melanocetus eustalus 46206
Melanocetus ferox Regan, 1926 Melanocetus johnsonii 4491
Xenoceratias heterorhynchus Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Melanocetus johnsonii 4491
Melanocetus johnsoni (non Günther, 1864) Melanocetus murrayi 4491
Melanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864 Melanocetus johnsonii 40877
Melanocetus krechi Brauer, 1902 Melanocetus johnsonii 4491
Xenoceratias laevis Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Melanocetus johnsonii 4491
Rhynchoceratias latirhinus Parr, 1927 Melanocetus murrayi 4491
Rhynchoceratis latirhinus Parr, 1927 Melanocetus murrayi 56787
Rhynchoceratias longipinnis Parr, 1930 Melanocetus murrayi 4491
Melanocetus megalodontis Beebe & Crane, 1947 Melanocetus johnsonii 4491
Xenoceratias micracanthus Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Melanocetus johnsonii 4491
Melanocetus murrayi Günther, 1887 Melanocetus murrayi 4491
Melanocetus niger (non Regan, 1925) Melanocetus murrayi 4491
Melanocetus niger Regan, 1925 Melanocetus niger 9068
Melanocetus polyactis Regan, 1925 Melanocetus polyactis 86949
Xenoceratias regani Koefoed, 1944 Melanocetus murrayi 4491
Melanocetus rossi Balushkin & Fedorov, 1981 Melanocetus rossi 5187
Melanocetus rotundatus Gilchrist, 1903 Melanocetus johnsonii 4118
Centrocetus spinulosus Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Melanocetus johnsonii 4491
Melanocetus tumidus Parr, 1927 Melanocetus murrayi 4491
Melanocetus vorax Brauer, 1902 Melanocetus murrayi 4491
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