Scientific Name
Melamphaes parvus

Common Name
Little bigscale

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 27 - 29. Branchiostegal rays: 8-8 (Ref. 36655).

Classification

Classified By

Ebeling, 1962

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Pricklefishes, Bigscales and Gibberfishes (Stephanoberyciformes)

Family

Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads (Melamphaidae)

Distribution

Region

Eastern Pacific

Distribution

Eastern Pacific: endemic to the California Current region.

Range

42°N - 25°N

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

0 m

Depth To - meters

860 m

Zone

bathyalpelagic

Environment

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 860 m (Ref. 58018)

Trophic Level

3.64 s.e. 0.22 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

Unknown cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Resilience

Unknown

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated