Melamphaes polylepis Ebeling, 1962

Carneiro, Miguel, Martins, Rogélia, Landi, Monica & Costa, Filipe O., 2014, Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf, European Journal of Taxonomy 73, pp. 1-73 : 42

Melamphaes polylepis Ebeling, 1962

– No common name; ②

The species M. polylepis was recorded off the Azores, in the PECS area (10 NM north of the Maxwell Fracture Zone and 15 NM NNW of the Olympus Knoll), MAR-ECO – HamPelFish, No. 34850193, 27.8029º W, 45.6669º N, 11 Jun. 1982 ; MAR-ECO – HamPelFish, No. 34850194, 27.1369º W, 47.8720º N, 13 Jun. 1982. Kotlyar (2011) indicated that the Atlantic population of this species is isolated from the Indian-Pacific region, and the comparative analysis of specimens sampled in different geographical regions would be quite interesting, allowing a reliable species definition.