Melanostomias tentaculatus (Regan & Trewavas, 1930)

– No common name; ②③

There are records of the species M. tentaculatus in the north and in the southwest of the Azores, in the PECS area (29 NM WNW of the Sherkis Seamount, 48 NM southwest of the Oceanographer Fracture Zone and 63 NM WSW of the Hayes Fracture Zone), MAR-ECO – HamPelFish, No. 34849776, 26.2469º W, 43.2420º N, 9 Jun. 1982; USNM, No. 358831.5268546, 35.4000º W, 34.2999º N, 28 Apr. 1979; USNM, No. 358662.5268130, 39.5999º W, 33.0000º N, 27 Apr. 1979.