Scopelogadus

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Scopelogadus
Ragged Bigscale (S. mizolepis mizolepis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stephanoberyciformes
Family: Melamphaidae
Genus: Scopelogadus
Vaillant, 1888

Scopelogadus is a genus of ridgeheads.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887) (Bean's bigscale)
  • Scopelogadus mizolepis (Günther, 1878)
    • Scopelogadus mizolepis bispinosus (C. H. Gilbert, 1915) (Twospine bigscale)
    • Scopelogadus mizolepis mizolepis (Günther, 1878) (Ragged bigscale)
  • Scopelogadus unispinis Ebeling & W. H. Weed, 1963

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Scopelogadus in FishBase. October 2012 version.


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