Melamphaes is a genus of fish in the family Melamphaidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:
- Melamphaes acanthomus <small>Ebeling, 1962</small> (Slender bigscale)
- Melamphaes contradictorius <small>Kotlyar, 2015</small>
- Melamphaes danae <small>Ebeling, 1962</small> (Big-scale fish)
- Melamphaes ebelingi <small>Keene, 1973</small>
- Melamphaes eulepis <small>Ebeling, 1962</small>
- Melamphaes eurous <small>Kotlyar, 2016</small>
- Melamphaes falsidicus <small>Kotlyar, 2011</small>
- Melamphaes hubbsi <small>Ebeling, 1962</small>
- Melamphaes inconspicuus <small>Kotlyar, 2015</small>
- Melamphaes indicus <small>Ebeling, 1962</small>
- Melamphaes janae <small>Ebeling, 1962</small>
- Melamphaes kobylyanskyi <small>Kotlyar, 2015</small>
- Melamphaes laeviceps <small>Ebeling, 1962</small>
- Melamphaes lentiginosus <small>Kotlyar, 2015</small>
- Melamphaes leprus <small>Ebeling, 1962</small>
- Melamphaes longivelis <small>A. E. Parr, 1933</small> (Eye-brow bigscale)
- Melamphaes lugubris <small>C. H. Gilbert, 1890</small> (High-snout bigscale)
- Melamphaes macrocephalus <small>A. E. Parr, 1931</small>
- Melamphaes manifestus <small>Kotlyar, 2011</small>
- Melamphaes microps <small>(Günther, 1878)</small>
- Melamphaes nikolayi <small>Kotlyar, 2012</small>
- Melamphaes occlusus <small>Kotlyar, 2012</small>
- Melamphaes pachystomus <small>Kotlyar, 2011</small>
- Melamphaes papavereus <small>Kotlyar, 2016</small>
- Melamphaes parini <small>Kotlyar, 1999</small>
- Melamphaes parvus <small>Ebeling, 1962</small> (Little bigscale)
- Melamphaes polylepis <small>Ebeling, 1962</small>
- Melamphaes proximus <small>Kotlyar, 2015</small>
- Melamphaes pumilus <small>Ebeling, 1962</small>
- Melamphaes shcherbachevi <small>Kotlyar, 2015</small>
- Melamphaes simus <small>Ebeling, 1962</small> (Ridge-head bigscale)
- Melamphaes spinifer <small>Ebeling, 1962</small>
- Melamphaes suborbitalis <small>(T. N. Gill, 1883)</small> (Shoulder-spine bigscale)
- Melamphaes succedaneus <small>Kotlyar, 2015</small>
- Melamphaes typhlops <small>(R. T. Lowe, 1843)</small>
- Melamphaes uniformis <small>Kotlyar, 2013</small>
- Melamphaes xestoachidus <small>Kotlyar, 2011</small>
References