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Melamphaidae
Ridgeheads, also known as bigscales, are a family (Melamphaidae, from the Greek melanos [black] and amphi [by both sides]) 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. Although the family is one of the most widespread and plentiful of deep-sea families, none of its members are of interest to commercial fishery.
Poromitra
Poromitra is a genus of ridgeheads. The 22 known species of Poromitra have been divided into five species groups according to variation in preopercle anatomy.
Melamphaes
Melamphaes is a genus of fish in the family Melamphaidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Poromitra crassiceps
species of fish
Scopelogadus beanii
species of fish

Melamphaes microps
species of fish
Yawning
species of fish

Scopelogadus
Scopelogadus is a genus of ridgeheads. The generic name derives from the Greek σκόπελος (skopelos, "lanternfish") and γάδος (gados, "(cod) fish").
Scopeloberyx
Scopeloberyx is a genus of ridgeheads.
Sio nordenskjoldii
species of fish