Ridgehead
Melamphaes typhlops
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Stephanoberyciformes
- Family
- Melamphaidae
Melamphaes typhlops est un poisson bathypélagique vivant à des profondeurs de 0 à 1000 m. Il se rencontre dans l'Atlantique nord, quelques spécimens ont été récoltés plus au sud.
Ridgeheads, also known as bigscales, are a family (Melamphaidae, from the Greek melanos [black] and amphi [by both sides]) of small, deep-sea beryciform fish. The family contains approximately 37 species in five genera; their distribution is worldwide, but ridgeheads are absent from the Arctic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Although the family is one of the most widespread and plentiful of deep-sea families, none of its members are of interest to commercial fishery.
Los melánfidos o familia Melamphaidae son peces marinos incluidos en el orden Stephanoberyciformes, que se distribuyen por casi todos los océanos emnos en el Ártico y en el Mediterráneo. Su nombre procede del griego: melanos (negro) + amphi (por ambos lados). Aparecen por primera vez en el registro fósil en el Mioceno.
Distribution
Sources and credits
DescriptionRidgehead, Wikipedia contributorsMore from the same family

Large-headed Midnight Fish
Poromitra crassiceps
Melamphaidae
Bean's Bigscale
Scopelogadus beanii
MelamphaidaeSlender Bigscale
Melamphaes acanthomus
MelamphaidaeEyebrow Bigscale
Melamphaes longivelis
MelamphaidaeHighsnout Bigscale
Melamphaes lugubris
MelamphaidaeLittle Bigscale
Melamphaes parvus
MelamphaidaeMelánfido
Melamphaes polylepis
MelamphaidaeRidgehead
Melamphaes simus
Melamphaidae