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Melamphaes
Melamphaes is a genus of fish in the family Melamphaidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
38 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 38 known species

Highsnout Ridgehead
speciesMelamphaes lugubris

Shoulderspine Bigscale
speciesMelamphaes suborbitalis

Melamphaes leprus
speciesMelamphaes leprus

Melamphaes microps
speciesMelamphaes microps
Melamphaes spinifer
speciesMelamphaes spinifer
Eyebrow Bigscale
speciesMelamphaes longivelis
Melamphaes polylepis
speciesMelamphaes polylepis
Melamphaes typhlops
speciesMelamphaes typhlops
Melamphaes laeviceps
speciesMelamphaes laeviceps
Melamphaes parvus
speciesMelamphaes parvus
Melamphaes simus
speciesMelamphaes simus
Tiny-eye Bigscale
speciesMelamphaes danae
Melamphaes ebelingi
speciesMelamphaes ebelingi
Melamphaes falsidicus
speciesMelamphaes falsidicus
Melamphaes hubbsi
speciesMelamphaes hubbsi
Melamphaes indicus
speciesMelamphaes indicus
Melamphaes janae
speciesMelamphaes janae
Melamphaes macrocephalus
speciesMelamphaes macrocephalus
Melamphaes manifestus
speciesMelamphaes manifestus
Melamphaes nikolayi
speciesMelamphaes nikolayi
Melamphaes occlusus
speciesMelamphaes occlusus
Melamphaes pachystomus
speciesMelamphaes pachystomus
Melamphaes parini
speciesMelamphaes parini
Melamphaes xestoachidus
speciesMelamphaes xestoachidus
Melamphaes contradictorius
speciesMelamphaes contradictorius
Melamphaes papavereus
speciesMelamphaes papavereus
Melamphaes proximus
speciesMelamphaes proximus
Melamphaes succedaneus
speciesMelamphaes succedaneus
Melamphaes uniformis
speciesMelamphaes uniformis
Melamphaes brachysomus
speciesMelamphaes brachysomus
Melamphaes pumilus
speciesMelamphaes pumilus
Melamphaes inconspicuus
speciesMelamphaes inconspicuus
Melamphaes kobylyanskyi
speciesMelamphaes kobylyanskyi
Melamphaes lentiginosus
speciesMelamphaes lentiginosus
Melamphaes eurous
speciesMelamphaes eurous
Melamphaes shcherbachevi
speciesMelamphaes shcherbachevi
Melamphaes acanthomus
speciesMelamphaes acanthomus
Melamphaes eulepis
speciesMelamphaes eulepis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Melamphaes in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89826.