Melamphaes

Melamphaes is a genus of fish in the family Melamphaidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Melamphaes
Melamphaes microps
Melamphaes suborbitalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Stephanoberyciformes
Family:
Melamphaidae
Genus:
Melamphaes

Günther, 1864

Species

There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:

  • Melamphaes acanthomus Ebeling, 1962 (Slender bigscale)
  • Melamphaes contradictorius Kotlyar, 2015 [1]
  • Melamphaes danae Ebeling, 1962 (Big-scale fish) [2]
  • Melamphaes ebelingi Keene, 1973 [3]
  • Melamphaes eulepis Ebeling, 1962 [4]
  • Melamphaes eurous Kotlyar, 2016 [5]
  • Melamphaes falsidicus Kotlyar, 2011 [6]
  • Melamphaes hubbsi Ebeling, 1962 [7]
  • Melamphaes inconspicuus Kotlyar, 2015 [8]
  • Melamphaes indicus Ebeling, 1962 [5]
  • Melamphaes janae Ebeling, 1962 [9]
  • Melamphaes kobylyanskyi Kotlyar, 2015 [8]
  • Melamphaes laeviceps Ebeling, 1962 [4]
  • Melamphaes lentiginosus Kotlyar, 2015 [9]
  • Melamphaes leprus Ebeling, 1962 [6]
  • Melamphaes longivelis A. E. Parr, 1933 (Eye-brow bigscale) [8]
  • Melamphaes lugubris C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (High-snout bigscale) [10]
  • Melamphaes macrocephalus A. E. Parr, 1931 [6]
  • Melamphaes manifestus Kotlyar, 2011 [10]
  • Melamphaes microps (Günther, 1878) [10]
  • Melamphaes nikolayi Kotlyar, 2012 [3]
  • Melamphaes occlusus Kotlyar, 2012 [3]
  • Melamphaes pachystomus Kotlyar, 2011 [6]
  • Melamphaes papavereus Kotlyar, 2016 [7]
  • Melamphaes parini Kotlyar, 1999
  • Melamphaes parvus Ebeling, 1962 (Little bigscale) [9]
  • Melamphaes polylepis Ebeling, 1962 [6]
  • Melamphaes proximus Kotlyar, 2015 [1]
  • Melamphaes pumilus Ebeling, 1962 [2]
  • Melamphaes shcherbachevi Kotlyar, 2015 [9]
  • Melamphaes simus Ebeling, 1962 (Ridge-head bigscale) [7]
  • Melamphaes spinifer Ebeling, 1962 [4]
  • Melamphaes suborbitalis (T. N. Gill, 1883) (Shoulder-spine bigscale)
  • Melamphaes succedaneus Kotlyar, 2015 [1]
  • Melamphaes typhlops (R. T. Lowe, 1843) [5]
  • Melamphaes uniformis Kotlyar, 2013 [11]
  • Melamphaes xestoachidus Kotlyar, 2011 [10]

References
  1. Kotlyar, A.N. (2015): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 3. Oligo-Raker Species: M. proximus sp. n., M. contradictorius sp. n., and M. succedaneus sp. n. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (5): 619-629.
  2. Kotlyar, A.N. (2016): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 7. Oligo-Raker Species: M. danae and M. pumilus. Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (4): 477–487.
  3. Kotlyar, A.N. (2012): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): Part 4. Multi-Raker Species: M. ebelingi, M. occlusus sp. nova, and M. nikolayi sp. nova. Journal of Ichthyology, 52 (4): 247-254.
  4. Kotlyar, A.N. (2014): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 1. Oligo-Raker Species: M. laeviceps, M. spinifer, and M. eulepis. Journal of Ichthyology, 54 (9): 620-630.
  5. Kotlyar, A.N. (2016): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 5. Oligo-Raker Species: M. indicus, M. eurous, and M. typhlops. Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (1): 19-30.
  6. Kotlyar, A.N. (2011): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): II. Multi-Raker Species: M. polylepis, M. falsidicus sp. nova, M. pachystomus sp. nova, M. macrocephalus, M. leprus. Journal of Ichthyology, 51 (8): 569-580.
  7. Kotlyar, A.N. (2016): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 6. Oligo-Raker Species: M. papavereus, M. simus, M. hubbsi. Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (3): 325-335.
  8. Kotlyar, A.N. (2015): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 2. Oligo-Raker Species: M. longivelis Parr, M. inconspicuus sp. n., M. kobylyanskyi sp. n. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (3): 311-318.
  9. Kotlyar, A.N. (2015): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 4. Oligo-Raker Species: M. parvus Ebeling, M. janae Ebeling, M. lentiginosus sp. n., M. shcherbachevi sp. n. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (6): 765-777.
  10. Kotlyar, A.N. (2011): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): I. Multi-Raker Species: M. lugubris, M. xestoachidus sp. nova, M. microps, M. manifestus sp. nova. Journal of Ichthyology, 51 (8): 557-568.
  11. Kotlyar, A.N. (2013): Melamphaes uniformis, a New Species of the Family Melamphaidae from the Tasman Sea. Journal of Ichthyology, 53 (9): 775-777.


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