Animal Diversity Web

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Small-scaled midnight-fish

(Also: Smallerscale bigscale; Southern bigscale)

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 Scopeloberyx
        
        Species Scopeloberyx microlepis (Small-scaled midnight-fish)