7146 Melamphaes microps (Günther, 1878) Melamphaidae Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads Beryciformes Teleostei Antitropical. South Atlantic: between 27°S and 46°S (off southwest tip of Africa); southern Indian Ocean, western south Pacific off New Zealand, eastern south Pacific (Ref. 51657). The holotype was caught in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean east of the Kara Dag Seamount. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). North Atlantic (between 30°N and 60°N) specimens are probable variants of <i>M. falsidicus</i> (Ref. 87970). FB 2739381 Scopelus microps 2516.25 m BMNH 1887.12.7.5 46 s 45 e Melamphaes microps ISH 1586-1968 1968 Melamphaes microps 2000 m ISH 582-1971 1971 Melamphaes microps 2000 m AMNH 55202 1972 Melamphaes microps ISH 1002-1973 1973 Melamphaes microps 2650 m ISH 307-1973 1973 Melamphaes microps 1500 - 2000 m ISH 439-1973 1973 Melamphaes microps 2000 m ISH 493-1973 1973 Melamphaes microps 2200 - 2500 m ISH 528-1973 1973 Melamphaes microps 2600 m ISH 599-1973 1973 Melamphaes microps 2700 m ISH 714-1973 1973 Melamphaes microps 2550 m ISH 790-1973 1973 Melamphaes microps 2750 m ISH 128-1976 1975 Melamphaes microps 2000 - 2350 m ISH 198-1976 1975 Melamphaes microps 2000 m ISH 246-1976 1975 Melamphaes microps 2000 - 2050 m ISH 471-1976 1976 Melamphaes microps 2000 m ISH 505-1976 1976 Melamphaes microps 2000 m ISH 882-1976 1976 Melamphaes microps 700 - 750 m ISH 885-1976 1976 Melamphaes microps 2200 - 2350 m ISH 2676-1979 1979 Melamphaes microps 2000 - 1800 m ISH 2835-1979 1979 Melamphaes microps 2000 m ISH 553-1982 1982 Melamphaes microps 2600 m ISH 623-1982 1982 Melamphaes microps ISH 798-1982 1982 Melamphaes microps 800 m ISH 274-1986 1986 Melamphaes microps 800 m