Melamphaes

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::summary Genus of fishes ::

| image = Melamphaes microps (no common name).gif | image_caption = Melamphaes microps | image2 = Melamphaes suborbitalis.png | image2_caption = Melamphaes suborbitalis | taxon = Melamphaes | authority = Günther, 1864

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

References

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.''

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