Melamphaidae
Bigscales
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2026-08-05: itis_id 166092 via WoRMS external link
Ridgeheads, also known as bigscales, are a family 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.W CalCOFI holds 7,840 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, as larva, across 13 taxa under it.R
- 7,840
- observations
- 7,840
- records
- 40
- sampling events
- 1951–2023
- years
- 2
- datasets
- 9
- species under it
- larva
- life stages
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Melamphaidae Bigscales · code
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Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:125599")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:125599'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 4 taxa · Melamphaes most observed
- G Melamphaes5,958
- G Scopelogadus1,003
- G Poromitra758
- G Scopeloberyx81
Life stages larva
- Ichthyoplankton larva
The stages each dataset records for it, from the release's obs_bio.life_stage.
Lineage 11 ranks · Biota to Berycoidei
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · Erika Schumacher · CC BY-NC 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Beryx splendens · source
- Photo · Ken Graham · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Ridgehead” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1363371042
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.19
Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗