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
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Stephanoberyciformes
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 unispinis Ebeling & W. H. Weed, 1963

References
  1. https://www.fishbase.se/summary/10284.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Scopelogadus in FishBase. October 2012 version.


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