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Bigscales
Melamphaidae
Ridgeheads, also known as bigscales, are a family (Melamphaidae, from the Greek melanos and amphi ) of small, deep-sea stephanoberyciform fish. The family contains approximately 37 species in five genera; their distribution is worldwide, but ridgeheads are absent from the Arctic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Although the family is one of the most widespread and plentiful of deep-sea families, none of its members are of interest to commercial fishery.
5 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 77 known species
Poromitra
genusPoromitra
Scopelogadus
genusScopelogadus
Melamphaes
genusMelamphaes
Sio
genusSio
Scopeloberyx
genusScopeloberyx
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85888.