Melamphaes polylepis

Melamphaes polylepis

Seven Point Nine Centimeters Melamphaid Fish from New Zealand Waters

Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Globally widespread
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Oceania
South America
Fusiform
Small

Melamphaes polylepis is known around Circumtropical in North Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and records give a maximum length of 7.9 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Sawbellies and Allies
Family: Melamphaidae
Genus: Melamphaes
Maximum length: 7.9 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Circumtropical in North Atlantic (3°56'N, 12°33'W and 10°21'N, 17°59'W in the eastern Atlantic). Indo-Pacific: including Japan (Ref. 599 ) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068 ).
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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