Melamphaes suborbitalis (Gill, 1883)

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 suborbitalis (Gill, 1883)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 10.6 cm SL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 100-3200 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: North Atlantic: known from off the American, European and African coasts; central part of the ocean – above the Corner Ridge and North-Atlantic Ridge (northern most 57°46’N, 11°05’W). South Atlantic: Vema Seamount, Argentina to South Africa (northern most 18°39’S, 04°16’W, all other catches up to 40°S.