Melamphaes
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| Melamphaes | |
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| M. microps | |
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| M. typhlops | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stephanoberyciformes |
| Family: | Melamphaidae |
| Genus: | Melamphaes Günther, 1864 |
Melamphaes is a genus of ridgeheads.
Species
There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Melamphaes acanthomus Ebeling, 1962 (Slender bigscale)
- Melamphaes danae Ebeling, 1962
- Melamphaes ebelingi Keene, 1973
- Melamphaes eulepis Ebeling, 1962
- Melamphaes hubbsi Ebeling, 1962
- Melamphaes indicus Ebeling, 1962
- Melamphaes janae Ebeling, 1962
- Melamphaes laeviceps Ebeling, 1962
- Melamphaes leprus Ebeling, 1962
- Melamphaes longivelis A. E. Parr, 1933 (Eyebrow bigscale)
- Melamphaes lugubris C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Highsnout melamphid)
- Melamphaes macrocephalus A. E. Parr, 1931
- Melamphaes microps (Günther, 1878)
- Melamphaes nikolayi Kotlyar, 2012[2]
- Melamphaes occlusus Kotlyar, 2012[2]
- Melamphaes pachystomus Kotlyar, 2011
- Melamphaes parini Kotlyar, 1999
- Melamphaes parvus Ebeling, 1962 (Little bigscale)
- Melamphaes polylepis Ebeling, 1962
- Melamphaes pumilus Ebeling, 1962
- Melamphaes simus Ebeling, 1962
- Melamphaes spinifer Ebeling, 1962
- Melamphaes suborbitalis (T. N. Gill, 1883) (Shoulderspine bigscale)
- Melamphaes typhlops (R. T. Lowe, 1843)
- Melamphaes xestoachidus Kotlyar, 2011
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Melamphaes in FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kotlyar, A.N. (2012): Revision of genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): Part 4. Multi-raker species: M. ebelingi, M. occlusus sp. nova, and M. nikolayi sp. nova. Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 52 (3): 279–287.
Bibliography
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
External links
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Media related to Melamphaes suborbitalis at Wikimedia Commons
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