''Scopelogadus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
ridgehead
Ridgeheads, also known as bigscales, are a family (Melamphaidae, from the Greek ''melanos'' lackand ''amphi'' y both sides of small, deep-sea stephanoberyciform fish. The family contains approximately 37 species in five genera; their distribut ...
s. The generic name derives from the Greek σκόπελος (''skopelos'', "
lanternfish
Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represent ...
") and γάδος (''gados'', "(cod) fish").
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Scopelogadus beanii''
( Günther, 1887) (Bean's bigscale)
* ''
Scopelogadus mizolepis''
(Günther, 1878)
** ''
Scopelogadus mizolepis bispinosus''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1915) (Twospine bigscale)
** ''
Scopelogadus mizolepis mizolepis
''Scopelogadus'' is a genus of ridgeheads. The generic name derives from the Greek σκόπελος (''skopelos'', "lanternfish
Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small ...
''
(Günther, 1878) (Ragged bigscale)
* ''
Scopelogadus perplexus''
Kotyar, 2021[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]
* ''
Scopelogadus unispinis''
Ebeling & W. H. Weed, 1963
References
Stephanoberyciformes
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