A checklist of the deep sea fishes of the Levant Sea, Mediterranean Sea Author Goren, Menachem Author Galil, Bella S. text Zootaxa 2015 3994 4 507 530 journal article 39726 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.4.2 8fe4fa70-d7bb-4540-950a-af769d8cb7d6 1175-5326 244394 97DE8F58-A2F7-485E-B994-B88700449E31 Paralepis speciosa Bellotti, 1878 Paralepis speciosus Bellotti, 1878: 54 , 57. Type locality: Nice, Mediterranean coast of France . Paralepis speciosa , Galil & Goren, 1994 : 50 ; Goren & Galil, 1997 : 201 , 2002: 151. Material examined. 1 spec, TAU P- 10352, Israel , Off Hadera, 1485 m , coll. Galil, 14 June 1989 . Distribution. A Mediterranean Endemic; depth range "? – 660 m ". In the Levant, the maximum known depth is 1485 m , a depth record for this species.