Melamphaes polylepis Ebeling, 1962

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 201

Melamphaes polylepis Ebeling, 1962

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 6.8 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 150-2250 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: circumtropical in North Atlantic (03°56’N, 12°33’W and 10°21’N, 17°59’W in the eastern Atlantic). Record for Gabon: MCZ 145027-1971.