ADW: Melamphaes: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii
        
        Order Stephanoberyciformes
        
        Family Melamphaidae (Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads)
        
        Genus Melamphaes
        
        Species Melamphaes acanthomus (Shoulderspine bigscale)
        
        Species Melamphaes danae (Bigscale)
        
        Species Melamphaes ebelingi
        
        Species Melamphaes eulepis
        
        Species Melamphaes hubbsi
        
        Species Melamphaes indicus
        
        Species Melamphaes janae
        
        Species Melamphaes laeviceps
        
        Species Melamphaes leprus
        
        Species Melamphaes longivelis (Eyebrow bigscale)
        
        Species Melamphaes lugubris (Highsnout bigscale)
        
        Species Melamphaes macrocephalus
        
        Species Melamphaes microps (Ridgehead)
        
        Species Melamphaes parini
        
        Species Melamphaes parvus (Little bigscale)
        
        Species Melamphaes polylepis
        
        Species Melamphaes pumilus
        
        Species Melamphaes simus (Ridgehead)
        
        Species Melamphaes spinifer
        
        Species Melamphaes suborbitalis (Ridgehead)
        
        Species Melamphaes typhlops (Ridgehead)

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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