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 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. Melamphaes danae Ebeling, 1962 (Big-scale fish) 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. Melamphaes ebelingi Keene, 1973 Melamphaes eulepis Ebeling, 1962 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. Melamphaes eurous Kotlyar, 2016 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. Melamphaes falsidicus Kotlyar, 2011 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. Melamphaes hubbsi Ebeling, 1962 Melamphaes inconspicuus Kotlyar, 2015 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. Melamphaes indicus Ebeling, 1962 Melamphaes janae Ebeling, 1962 Melamphaes kobylyanskyi Kotlyar, 2015 Melamphaes laeviceps Ebeling, 1962 Melamphaes lentiginosus Kotlyar, 2015 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. 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 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. Melamphaes microps (Günther, 1878) Melamphaes nikolayi Kotlyar, 2012 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. Melamphaes occlusus Kotlyar, 2012 Melamphaes pachystomus Kotlyar, 2011 Melamphaes papavereus Kotlyar, 2016 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. 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 Kotlyar, A.N. (2013): Melamphaes uniformis, a New Species of the Family Melamphaidae from the Tasman Sea. Journal of Ichthyology, 53 (9): 775-777. Melamphaes xestoachidus Kotlyar, 2011
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