After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Melamphaidae (suurisuomukalat; bigscale fishes, ridgeheads) [5/33] |--o Melamphaes [19] | |-- M. acanthomus Ebeling, 1962 (Slender bigscale) | |-- M. danae Ebeling, 1962 (Bigscale) | |-- M. eulepis Ebeling, 1962 | |-- M. hubbsi Ebeling, 1962 | |-- M. indicus Ebeling, 1962 | |-- M. janae Ebeling, 1962 | |-- M. laeviceps Ebeling, 1962 | |-- M. leprus Ebeling, 1962 | |-- M. longivelis Parr, 1933 | |-- M. lugubris Gilbert, 1891 (Highsnout melamphid) | |-- M. macrocephalus Parr, 1931 | |-- M. microps (Günther, 1878) | |-- M. parvus Ebeling, 1962 (Little bigscale) | |-- M. polylepis Ebeling, 1962 | |-- M. pumilus Ebeling, 1962 | |-- M. simus Ebeling, 1962 (Ridgehead) | |-- M. spinifer Ebeling, 1962 | |-- M. suborbitalis (Gill, 1883) | `-- M. typhlops (Lowe, 1843) |--o Poromitra [5] | |-- P. capito Goode & Bean, 1883 | |-- P. crassa Parin & Ebeling, 1980 | |-- P. crassiceps (Günther, 1878) (Crested bigscale) | |-- P. megalops (Lütken, 1877) | `-- P. oscitans Ebeling, 1975 (Yawning) |--o Scopelopteryx [5] | |-- S. microlepis (Norman, 1937) | |-- S. nycterinus (Gilbert, 1915) | |-- S. opisthopterus (Parr, 1933) | |-- S. robustus (Günther, 1887) (Longjaw bigscale) | `-- S. rubriventer (Koefoed, 1953) |--o Scopelogadus U. Mioc. NA. R. Oc. [3] | |-- S. beanii (Günther, 1887) | |--o S. mizolepis (Günther, 1878) | | |-- S. m. bispinosus (Gilbert, 1915) (Twospine bigscale) | | `-- S. m. mizolepis (Günther, 1878) | `-- S. unispinis Ebeling & Weed, 1963 `-- Sio nordenskjoeldii (Lönnberg, 1905)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600