Overview
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Family : Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads ; Trawled below 300 m (Ref. 4241).
Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Bigscale
Common Names in Japanese:
Yoroiginme
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -7,883 meters (0 to -25,863 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Beryciformes
()
- Suborder:
Stephanoberycoidei
()
- Family:
Melamphaidae
()
- Genus:
Scopelogadus
()
- Vaillant, 1888
- Specific name:
mizolepis
- Subspecies:
mizolepis
- Scientific name: - Scopelogadus mizolepis mizolepis
- Subspecies:
mizolepis
- Specific name:
mizolepis
- Genus:
Scopelogadus
(
- Family:
Melamphaidae
(
- Suborder:
Stephanoberycoidei
(
- Order:
Beryciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Melamphaes cocles (Vaillant • Melamphaes mizolepis< /i> (Non Günther • Plectromus mizolepis< /i> (Günther • Scopelogadus cocles Vaillant • Scopelogadus mizolepis< /i> (Günther • Scopelus mizolepis Günther
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Scopelogadus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. beanii (Two-Spine Bigscale) · S. mizolepis (Bigscale) · S. mizolepis bispinosus (Twospine Bigscale) · S. mizolepis mizolepis (Bigscale)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Biological sound scattering studies. Washington, 1970- url p. 7.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 638, p. 781.
- Fishes of the families Evermannellidae and Scopelarchidae: systmatics, morphology, interrelationships, and zoogeography / Robert Karl Johnson. 12 1982 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, [1982] url p. 194.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 03, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Thompson, Bruce (from FishBase).
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2501689
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-27744
- Fishbase Species ID: 10284
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13597980
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 182910
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 124364
Footnotes
- Mean = -2,812.600 meters (-9,227.690 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,520.500 based on 1,152 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
