There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:

Melamphaes acanthomus Ebeling, 1962 (Slender bigscale)
Melamphaes contradictorius Kotlyar, 2015 ^[1]
Melamphaes danae Ebeling, 1962 (Big-scale fish) ^[2]
Melamphaes ebelingi Keene, 1973 ^[3]
Melamphaes eulepis Ebeling, 1962 ^[4]
Melamphaes eurous Kotlyar, 2016 ^[5]
Melamphaes falsidicus Kotlyar, 2011 ^[6]
Melamphaes hubbsi Ebeling, 1962 ^[7]
Melamphaes inconspicuus Kotlyar, 2015 ^[8]
Melamphaes indicus Ebeling, 1962 ^[5]
Melamphaes janae Ebeling, 1962 ^[9]
Melamphaes kobylyanskyi Kotlyar, 2015 ^[8]
Melamphaes laeviceps Ebeling, 1962 ^[4]
Melamphaes lentiginosus Kotlyar, 2015 ^[9]
Melamphaes leprus Ebeling, 1962 ^[6]
Melamphaes longivelis A. E. Parr, 1933 (Eye-brow bigscale) ^[8]
Melamphaes lugubris C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (High-snout bigscale) ^[10]
Melamphaes macrocephalus A. E. Parr, 1931 ^[6]
Melamphaes manifestus Kotlyar, 2011 ^[10]
Melamphaes microps (Günther, 1878) ^[10]
Melamphaes nikolayi Kotlyar, 2012 ^[3]
Melamphaes occlusus Kotlyar, 2012 ^[3]
Melamphaes pachystomus Kotlyar, 2011 ^[6]
Melamphaes papavereus Kotlyar, 2016 ^[7]
Melamphaes parini Kotlyar, 1999
Melamphaes parvus Ebeling, 1962 (Little bigscale) ^[9]
Melamphaes polylepis Ebeling, 1962 ^[6]
Melamphaes proximus Kotlyar, 2015 ^[1]
Melamphaes pumilus Ebeling, 1962 ^[2]
Melamphaes shcherbachevi Kotlyar, 2015 ^[9]
Melamphaes simus Ebeling, 1962 (Ridge-head bigscale) ^[7]
Melamphaes spinifer Ebeling, 1962 ^[4]
Melamphaes suborbitalis (T. N. Gill, 1883) (Shoulder-spine bigscale)
Melamphaes succedaneus Kotlyar, 2015 ^[1]
Melamphaes typhlops (R. T. Lowe, 1843) ^[5]
Melamphaes uniformis Kotlyar, 2013 ^[11]
Melamphaes xestoachidus Kotlyar, 2011 ^[10]

Melamphaes

Melamphaes microps

Melamphaes suborbitalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beryciformes
Family:	Melamphaidae
Genus:	Melamphaes Günther, 1864

Species

References