Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson 1848

Melo, Marcelo R. S., Nunan, Gustavo W. A., Braga, Adriana C. & Costa, Paulo A. S., 2009, The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S, Zootaxa 2234, pp. 1-20 : 9

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scientific name	Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson 1848
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Material examined. Three specimens, 536.0–730.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26839 (1, 623.0 mm), T, E- 523; MNRJ 26835 (1, 551.0 mm), T, E- 551; MNRJ 27111 (1, 536.0 mm), T, D- 502.

Distribution. Nemichthys scolopaceus was described from off Brazil based on material collected by H.M.S. Samarang (1843–1846), and is known to have a worldwide distribution in all tropical and temperate seas ( Nielsen & Smith 1978, Smith & Nielsen 1989).