Melamphaes typhlops (Lowe, 1843)

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 : 202

Melamphaes typhlops (Lowe, 1843)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 7.8 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-1600 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: North Atlantic: known from between 45°- 10°N, including 8 specimens recorded within 28°- 14°N and 27°- 16°W in the eastern Atlantic and 2 records (one dubious) from further south in equatorial eastern Atlantic.