Melamphaidae

Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads

73 species

1. 1Melamphaes acanthomus Ebeling, 1962 · Slender bigscaleocean · deep-water
2. 2Melamphaes contradictorius Kotlyar, 2015ocean · subtropical
3. 3Melamphaes danae Ebeling, 1962 · Bigscaleocean · deep-water
4. 4Melamphaes ebelingi Keene, 1973ocean · deep-water
5. 5Melamphaes eulepis Ebeling, 1962ocean · deep-water
6. 6Melamphaes eurous Kotlyar, 2016ocean · tropical
7. 7Melamphaes falsidicus Kotlyar, 2011ocean · deep-water
8. 8Melamphaes hubbsi Ebeling, 1962ocean · deep-water
9. 9Melamphaes inconspicuus Kotlyar, 2015ocean · deep-water
10. 10Melamphaes indicus Ebeling, 1962ocean · deep-water
11. 11Melamphaes janae Ebeling, 1962ocean · tropical
12. 12Melamphaes kobylyanskyi Kotlyar, 2015ocean · deep-water
13. 13Melamphaes laeviceps Ebeling, 1962ocean · deep-water
14. 14Melamphaes lentiginosus Kotlyar, 2015ocean · deep-water
15. 15Melamphaes leprus Ebeling, 1962ocean · deep-water
16. 16Melamphaes longivelis Parr, 1933 · Eyebrow bigscaleocean · deep-water
17. 17Melamphaes lugubris Gilbert, 1890 · Highsnout melamphidocean · deep-water
18. 18Melamphaes macrocephalus Parr, 1931ocean · deep-water
19. 19Melamphaes manifestus Kotlyar, 2011ocean · deep-water
20. 20Melamphaes microps (Günther, 1878)ocean · deep-water
21. 21Melamphaes nikolayi Kotlyar, 2012ocean · subtropical
22. 22Melamphaes occlusus Kotlyar, 2012ocean · deep-water
23. 23Melamphaes pachystomus Kotlyar, 2011ocean · deep-water
24. 24Melamphaes papavereus Kotlyar, 2016ocean · deep-water
25. 25Melamphaes parini Kotlyar, 1999ocean · deep-water
26. 26Melamphaes parvus Ebeling, 1962 · Little bigscaleocean · deep-water
27. 27Melamphaes polylepis Ebeling, 1962ocean · deep-water
28. 28Melamphaes proximus Kotlyar, 2015ocean · deep-water
29. 29Melamphaes pumilus Ebeling, 1962ocean · deep-water
30. 30Melamphaes shcherbachevi Kotlyar, 2015ocean · tropical
31. 31Melamphaes simus Ebeling, 1962 · Ridgeheadocean · deep-water
32. 32Melamphaes spinifer Ebeling, 1962ocean · deep-water
33. 33Melamphaes suborbitalis (Gill, 1883) · Shoulderspine bigscalebrackish · ocean · deep-water
34. 34Melamphaes succedaneus Kotlyar, 2015ocean · deep-water
35. 35Melamphaes typhlops (Lowe, 1843)ocean · deep-water
36. 36Melamphaes xestoachidus Kotlyar, 2011ocean · deep-water
37. 37Poromitra agafonovae Kotlyar, 2009ocean · tropical
38. 38Poromitra atlantica (Norman, 1929)ocean · temperate
39. 39Poromitra capito Goode & Bean, 1883ocean · deep-water
40. 40Poromitra coronata (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)ocean · tropical
41. 41Poromitra crassa Parin & Ebeling, 1980ocean · tropical
42. 42Poromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878) · Crested bigscaleocean · deep-water
43. 43Poromitra cristiceps (Gilbert, 1890)ocean · subtropical
44. 44Poromitra curilensis Kotlyar, 2008ocean · temperate
45. 45Poromitra decipiens Kotlyar, 2008ocean · deep-water
46. 46Poromitra frontosa (Garman, 1899)ocean · tropical
47. 47Poromitra gibbsi Parin & Borodulina, 1989ocean · deep-water
48. 48Poromitra glochidiata Kotlyar, 2008ocean · temperate
49. 49Poromitra indooceanica Kotlyar, 2008ocean · subtropical
50. 50Poromitra jucunda Kotlyar, 2010ocean · deep-water
51. 51Poromitra kukuevi Kotlyar, 2008ocean · tropical
52. 52Poromitra macrophthalma (Gilchrist, 1903)ocean · subtropical
53. 53Poromitra megalops (Lütken, 1878)ocean · deep-water
54. 54Poromitra nigriceps (Zugmayer, 1911)ocean · temperate
55. 55Poromitra nigrofulva (Garman, 1899)ocean · tropical
56. 56Poromitra oscitans Ebeling, 1975 · Yawningocean · deep-water
57. 57Poromitra rugosa (Chapman, 1939)ocean · temperate
58. 58Poromitra unicornis (Gilbert, 1905)ocean · tropical
59. 59Scopeloberyx bannikovi Kotlyar, 2004ocean · tropical
60. 60Scopeloberyx malayanus (Weber, 1913)ocean · subtropical
61. 61Scopeloberyx maxillaris (Garman, 1899)ocean · subtropical
62. 62Scopeloberyx microlepis (Norman, 1937) · Southern bigscaleocean · deep-water
63. 63Scopeloberyx opisthopterus (Parr, 1933)ocean · deep-water
64. 64Scopeloberyx pequenoi Kotlyar, 2004ocean · subtropical
65. 65Scopeloberyx robustus (Günther, 1887) · Longjaw bigscaleocean · deep-water
66. 66Scopeloberyx rossicus Kotlyar, 2004ocean · subtropical
67. 67Scopeloberyx rubriventer (Koefoed, 1953)ocean · deep-water
68. 68Scopeloberyx shakhovskoyi Kotlyar, 2024 · Shakhovskoy’s ridgeheadocean · tropical
69. 69Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887) · Bean's bigscaleocean · deep-water
70. 70Scopelogadus bispinosus (Gilbert, 1915) · Twospine bigscaleocean · deep-water
71. 71Scopelogadus mizolepis (Günther, 1878) · Ragged bigscaleocean · deep-water
72. 72Scopelogadus unispinis Ebeling & Weed, 1963ocean · deep-water
73. 73Sio nordenskjoldii (Lönnberg, 1905) · Nordenskjold's bigscaleocean · deep-water

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.