Species details : Scopeloberyx opisthopterus (Parr, 1933)

Accepted scientific name:
Scopeloberyx opisthopterus (Parr, 1933) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Scopeloberyx opisthopterus  (Parr, 1933)
Synonyms:
Melamphaes opisthopterus Parr, 1933 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Melamphaes opisthopterus Parr, 1933
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Bigscale - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Ridgehead - English - Click here to show the literature
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Hime-tate-kabuto-uo - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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后鳍灯孔鲷 Hou qi deng kong diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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後鰭燈孔鯛 Hou ci deng kong diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Stephanoberyciformes FishBase
Family Melamphaidae FishBase
Genus Scopeloberyx FishBase
Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical waters. South China Sea (Ref.74511).
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Moore, J., 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=16859
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:f6762aaf-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401