FB-57484 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57484 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cyprinodontiformes Rivulidae Simpsonichthys Simpsonichthys similis Costa & Hellner, 1999 Little bigscale 2000-11-22 2021-10-15 Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). (Ref. 31982) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of November 1999. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in November 1999. (Ref. 33021) Sandknop, E.M. and W. Watson0 Melamphaidae: bigscales. p. 692-711. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p. (Ref. 36655) Anonymous0 Fish collection of the Royal British Columbia Museum. Royal British Columbia Museum, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria BC, Canada V8V 1X4. (Ref. 42125) Beamish, R.J., K.D. Leask, O.A. Ivanov, A.A. Balanov, A.M. Orlov and B. Sinclair0 The ecology, distribution, and abundance of midwater fishes of the Subarctic Pacific gyres. Prog. Oceanog. 43:399-442. (Ref. 51600) Kotlyar, A.N.0 Family Melamphaidae Gill 1893, bigscales. Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes (29):11. (Ref. 51657) Bogutskaya, N.G.0 Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file. (Ref. 58018) Kotlyar, A.N.0 Revision of the genus <i>Melamphaes</i> (Melamphaidae): 4. Oligo-raker species: <i>M. parvus</i> Ebeling, <i>M. janae</i> Ebeling, <i>M. lentiginosus</i> sp. n., <i>M. shcherbachevi</i> sp. n. J. Ichthyol. 55(6):765-777. (Ref. 117119) FB-GeneralDescr-57503 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2000-12-01 00:00:00 2024-02-09 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57503 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size A mesopelagic species, found primarily below 200 m depth (Ref. 36655). All studied specimens were reported to have been sampled by nonclosing gears from the depth of more than 2000 m that one cannot conclude about the exact sampling depth and the depth range of this species; notably, larger specimens occur deeper than young ones (Ref. 117119). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 36655). Sandknop, E.M. and W. Watson 1996 Melamphaidae: bigscales. p. 692-711. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p. (Ref. 36655) FB-DiagnosticDescr-57503 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2000-12-01 00:00:00 2000-12-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57503 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Branchiostegal rays: 8-8 (Ref. 36655). Sandknop, E.M. and W. Watson 1996 Melamphaidae: bigscales. p. 692-711. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p. (Ref. 36655) FB-Morphology-57503 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2000-12-01 00:00:00 2000-12-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57503 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 27 - 29 Sandknop, E.M. and W. Watson 1996 Melamphaidae: bigscales. p. 692-711. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p. (Ref. 36655) FB-Distribution-57503 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2000-12-01 00:00:00 2000-12-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57503 Eastern Pacific: endemic to the California Current region. Sandknop, E.M. and W. Watson 1996 Melamphaidae: bigscales. p. 692-711. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p. (Ref. 36655) FB-LifeCycle-57503 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2000-12-01 00:00:00 2024-02-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=57503&StockCode=47079 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Oviparous (Ref. 36655). Sandknop, E.M. and W. Watson 1996 Melamphaidae: bigscales. p. 692-711. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p. (Ref. 36655) FB-Size-57503 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2000-12-01 00:00:00 2024-02-09 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57503 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses 4.9 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 117119)) Kotlyar, A.N. 2015 Revision of the genus <i>Melamphaes</i> (Melamphaidae): 4. Oligo-raker species: <i>M. parvus</i> Ebeling, <i>M. janae</i> Ebeling, <i>M. lentiginosus</i> sp. n., <i>M. shcherbachevi</i> sp. n. J. Ichthyol. 55(6):765-777. (Ref. 117119) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-57503 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2000-12-01 00:00:00 2024-02-09 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57503 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size bathypelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 860 m (Ref. 58018) Bogutskaya, N.G. 2007 Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file. (Ref. 58018)