Melamphaes Explained

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

Notes and 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. (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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
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.