Melamphaidae
Also known as: Bigscale fishes, Bigscales, Deepsea Bigscale Fishes, bigscale fishes, deepsea bigscale fishes, ridgeheads, särmäpäät, velkošupinatkovití
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Order | Stephanoberyciformes |
| Family | Melamphaidae |
| Habitat | MARINE |
| Genera | 5 |
| Species records held | 82 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 123 |
| GBIF key | 5906 |
Genera in Melamphaidae
- Melamphaes — 43 species: Melamphaes acanthifer, Melamphaes acanthomus, Melamphaes anthrax, Melamphaes brachysomus, Melamphaes contradictorius, Melamphaes danae, Melamphaes ebelingi, Melamphaes eulepis
- Poromitra — 22 species: Poromitra agafonovae, Poromitra atlantica, Poromitra capito, Poromitra coronata, Poromitra crassa, Poromitra crassiceps, Poromitra cristiceps, Poromitra curilensis
- Scopeloberyx — 10 species: Scopeloberyx bannikovi, Scopeloberyx malayanus, Scopeloberyx maxillaris, Scopeloberyx microlepis, Scopeloberyx opisthopterus, Scopeloberyx pequenoi, Scopeloberyx robustus, Scopeloberyx rossicus
- Scopelogadus — 6 species: Scopelogadus beanii, Scopelogadus bispinosus, Scopelogadus capistranensis, Scopelogadus mizolepis, Scopelogadus perplexus, Scopelogadus unispinis
- Sio — 1 species: Sio nordenskjoldii
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.