Scopelogadus
| Scopelogadus | |
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| Ragged Bigscale (S. mizolepis mizolepis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Scopelogadus in 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
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