Melamphaidae (Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Stephanoberyciformes
        
        Family Melamphaidae (Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads)
        
        Genus Melamphaes
        
        Genus Poromitra
        
        Genus Scopeloberyx
        
        Genus Scopelogadus
        
        Genus Sio