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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?><fishbase> 
<species pointdatarec='47'> 
<speccode>16855</speccode> 
<genus link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.php?ID=Melamphaes'>Melamphaes</genus> 
<speciesfb link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/PiscesSummary.php?ID=16855'>simus</speciesfb> 
<author casrefno='5896' link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/EschmeyerSummary.php?RefNo=5896'>Ebeling, 1962</author> 
<family link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=233'>Melamphaidae</family> 
<commonname>Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads</commonname> 
<subfamily></subfamily> 
<order link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/ordersSummary.php?order=Beryciformes'>Beryciformes</order> 
<class>Teleostei</class> 
<fbname>Ridgehead</fbname>
<distribution>Indo-Pacific and Atlantic:  in tropical and subtropical waters.  Southeast Pacific:  Chile (Ref. 9068). South China Sea (Ref.74511).</distribution> 
<picname src='https://www.fishbase.org/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Mesim_u0.gif' link='https://www.fishbase.org/photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=16855' alt='Show available picture(s) for Melamphaes simus'></picname> 
</species> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FB 2745968</catID> 
<lat>13 n</lat> 
<long>114 e</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>0 - 1050 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FB 2739383</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>350 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902940</catID> 
<lat>29 N</lat> 
<long>142 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902941</catID> 
<lat>29 N</lat> 
<long>142 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>200 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902942</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>143 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>1000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902943</catID> 
<lat>29 N</lat> 
<long>142 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>1500 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902944</catID> 
<lat>21 N</lat> 
<long>143 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>500 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902945</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>143 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>500 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902946</catID> 
<lat>25 N</lat> 
<long>128 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>200 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902947</catID> 
<lat>25 N</lat> 
<long>128 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>0 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 527-1964</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1964</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>400 - 1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1858-1966</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1966</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>320 - 150 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 22034</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1967</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 22035</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1967</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 22272</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1967</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 18093</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 18094</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 18095</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 18096</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 18099</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 18102</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2090-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>1000 - 900 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2329-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>840 - 740 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 306-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>360 - 340 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 353-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>580 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1499-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>308 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1619-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>300 - 296 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1725-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>310 - 300 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3416-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>756 - 746 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>Ish 3419-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>2000 - 1750 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3420-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>2000 - 1900 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2156-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>1950 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2355-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>320 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2401-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>1800 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2446-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>350 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2508-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>1900 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2574-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>2000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2978-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>1300 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 5123-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>120 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 5139-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>90 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 5151-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>35 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 28665</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>495 - 600 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 28665</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>495 - 600 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 28672</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>370 - 440 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 28672</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>370 - 440 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 28677</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>440 - 505 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 28677</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes simus</nameused> 
<depth>440 - 505 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
</fishbase>