Melamphaes Suborbitalis

''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

References

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Stephanoberyciformes
Taxa named by Albert Günther