Melophysa melo (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Peru, Coastal Humboldt Current (Totton 1965); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 0º to 10ºS, northeastern Fernando de Noronha Island and northwestern São Pedro e São Paulo Archipelago (Totton 1954; Alvariño 1971; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002).

Habitat: oceanic species, found in tropical waters (Alvariño 1981).