Scopelogadus

Scopelogadus is a genus of ridgeheads. The generic name derives from the Greek σκόπελος (skopelos, "lanternfish") and γάδος (gados, "(cod) fish").[1]

Scopelogadus
Ragged Bigscale (S. mizolepis mizolepis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Melamphaidae
Genus: Scopelogadus
Vaillant, 1888

Species

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
  1. https://www.fishbase.se/summary/10284. Archived 2021-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Scopelogadus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
  3. 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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