Ridgehead  (Melamphaes simus)

Taxonomy of Fishes

• Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->

  • Coelacanthi - Lobe-finned fishes->
  • Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes->

    • Perciformes - Perches->
    • Cypriniformes - Carps->
    • Esociformes - Pikes->
    • Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
    • Siluriformes - Catfishes->
    • Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
    • Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
    • Gadiformes - Cods->
    • Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
    • Clupeiformes - Herrings->
    • Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
    • Gobiiformes - Gobies->
    • Mugiliformes - Mullets->
    • Carangiformes - Jacks->
    • Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
    • Labriformes - Wrasses->
    • Scombriformes - Mackerels->
    • Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
    • Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
    • Aulopiformes - Grinners->
    • Blenniiformes - Blennies->
    • Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
    • Osmeriformes - Smelts->
    • Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
    • Cichliformes - Cichlids->
    • Characiformes - Characins->
    • Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
    • Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
    • Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
    • Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
    • Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
    • Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
    • Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
    • Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
    • Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
    • Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
    • Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
    • Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
    • Zeiformes - Dories->
    • Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
    • Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
    • Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
    • Lampriformes - Lamprids->
    • Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
    • Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
    • Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
    • Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
    • Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
    • Atheriniformes - Silversides->
    • Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
    • Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
    • Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
    • Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
    • Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
    • Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
    • Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
    • Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
    • Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
    • Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
    • Beryciformes - Sawbellies->

      • Berycidae - Alfonsinos->
      • Barbourisiidae - Velvet whalefishes->
      • Cetomimidae - Flabby whalefishes->
      • Gibberichthyidae - Gibberfishes->
      • Hispidoberycidae - Spiny-scale pricklefishes->
      • Melamphaidae - Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads->

        • Melamphaes - Melamphaes->

          • Slender bigscale (Melamphaes acanthomus)
          • Melamphaes contradictorius (Melamphaes contradictorius)
          • Bigscale (Melamphaes danae)
          • Melamphaes ebelingi (Melamphaes ebelingi)
          • Melamphaes eulepis (Melamphaes eulepis)
          • Melamphaes falsidicus (Melamphaes falsidicus)
          • Melamphaes hubbsi (Melamphaes hubbsi)
          • Melamphaes inconspicuus (Melamphaes inconspicuus)
          • Melamphaes indicus (Melamphaes indicus)
          • Melamphaes janae (Melamphaes janae)
          • Melamphaes kobylyanskyi (Melamphaes kobylyanskyi)
          • Melamphaes laeviceps (Melamphaes laeviceps)
          • Melamphaes lentiginosus (Melamphaes lentiginosus)
          • Melamphaes leprus (Melamphaes leprus)
          • Eyebrow bigscale (Melamphaes longivelis)
          • Highsnout melamphid (Melamphaes lugubris)
          • Melamphaes macrocephalus (Melamphaes macrocephalus)
          • Melamphaes manifestus (Melamphaes manifestus)
          • Melamphaes microps (Melamphaes microps)
          • Melamphaes nikolayi (Melamphaes nikolayi)
          • Melamphaes occlusus (Melamphaes occlusus)
          • Melamphaes pachystomus (Melamphaes pachystomus)
          • Melamphaes papavereus (Melamphaes papavereus)
          • Melamphaes parini (Melamphaes parini)
          • Little bigscale (Melamphaes parvus)
          • Melamphaes polylepis (Melamphaes polylepis)
          • Melamphaes proximus (Melamphaes proximus)
          • Melamphaes pumilus (Melamphaes pumilus)
          • Ridgehead (Melamphaes simus)
          • Melamphaes spinifer (Melamphaes spinifer)
          • Shoulderspine bigscale (Melamphaes suborbitalis)
          • Melamphaes succedaneus (Melamphaes succedaneus)
          • Melamphaes typhlops (Melamphaes typhlops)
          • Melamphaes xestoachidus (Melamphaes xestoachidus)
        • Poromitra - Poromitra->
        • Scopeloberyx - Scopeloberyx->
        • Scopelogadus - Scopelogadus->
        • Sio - Sio->
      • Rondeletiidae - Redmouth whalefishes->
      • Stephanoberycidae - Pricklefishes->
    • Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
    • Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
    • Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
    • Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
    • Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
    • Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
  • Cladistii - Bichirs->
  • Dipneusti - Lungfishes->
  • Chondrostei - Sturgeons->
  • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
• Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
• Agnatha - Jawless fishes->