Scopelogadus
Appearance
Scopelogadus | |
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Ragged Bigscale (S. mizolepis mizolepis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beryciformes |
Family: | Melamphaidae |
Genus: | Scopelogadus Vaillant, 1888 |
Scopelogadus is a genus of ridgeheads. The generic name derives from the Greek σκόπελος (skopelos, "lanternfish") and γάδος (gados, "(cod) fish").[1]
Species
[edit]There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887) (Bean's bigscale)
- Scopelogadus mizolepis (Günther, 1878)
- Scopelogadus mizolepis bispinosus (C. H. Gilbert, 1915) (Twospine bigscale)
- Scopelogadus mizolepis mizolepis (Günther, 1878) (Ragged bigscale)
- Scopelogadus perplexus Kotyar, 2021[3]
- Scopelogadus unispinis Ebeling & W. H. Weed, 1963
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.fishbase.se/summary/10284. Archived 2021-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Scopelogadus". FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ^ Kotlyar, A.N. Revision of the Genus Scopelogadus (Melamphaidae). 3. S. bispinosus and S. perplexus sp. n.. J. Ichthyol. 61, 1–16 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945221010094