Melamphaes microps

Melamphaes microps, the smalleye bigscale or smalleye ridgehead is a fish of the genus Melamphaes, found in the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, southern Indian Ocean, and the south west Pacific including New Zealand, at depths of from 1,000 to 3,000 m. Their length is up to 10 cm.

Melamphaes microps
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
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M. microps
Binomial name
Melamphaes microps
(Günther, 1878)

References

  • "Melamphaes microps". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Melamphaes microps" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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