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Melamphaidae (Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads)
Etymology: Melamphaes: Greek, melan, -anos = black + Greek, amphi = both side (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 150 - 200 m (Ref. 51657). Deep-water
Eastern Atlantic: 4 specimens from inside 18°N and 1°S and 15°W. Also western Indian Ocean, central equatorial Pacific, and throughout Indonesia (Ref. 4241).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 4.2, range 4 - 4.6 cm
Max length : 46.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128243)
Trawled at depths below 200 m (Ref. 4241).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Maul, G.E., 1990. Melamphaidae. p. 612-618. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4502)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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