Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Melamphaidae Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads

Genus: Scopelogadus

(See list of species below)


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4 species (see list below)
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Photo by SFSA

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 12.2 cm SL
Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887)

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Scopelogadus beanii
[Bean's bigscale]
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Max. Length 11 cm TL
 
Scopelogadus bispinosus
[Twospine bigscale]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Indian and Atlantic
Max. Length 9.4 cm SL
Scopelogadus mizolepis (Günther, 1878)

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Scopelogadus mizolepis
[Ragged bigscale]
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Max. Length 8.8 cm SL
 
Scopelogadus unispinis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Scopelogadus beanii Bean's bigscale Southwest Pacific 12.2 SL 1887
Scopelogadus bispinosus Twospine bigscale Eastern Pacific 11 TL 1915
Scopelogadus mizolepis Ragged bigscale Indian and Atlantic 9.4 SL 1878
Scopelogadus unispinis Western Pacific 8.8 SL 1963



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