Shoulderspine bigscale (Melamphaes suborbitalis)

Scientific name: Melamphaes suborbitalis Gill, 1883

Shoulderspine bigscale (Melamphaes suborbitalis)

The Shoulderspine bigscale (Melamphaes suborbitalis) is a brackish-water fish of the family Melamphaidae.

Species facts

Scientific name
Melamphaes suborbitalis
Family
Melamphaidae (Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads)
Order
Stephanoberyciformes (Pricklefishes, Bigscales and Gibberfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
10.0
Depth range
500–1000 m (1640–3281 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; bathypelagic; depth range 500 - 1000 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
North Atlantic: including 7 specimens recorded between about 18? and 29?N and 15? and 25?W. Northwest Atlantic: Canada. Southwest Pacific: New South Wales, Australia and New Zealand.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=2-4)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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