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Melamphaes shcherbachevi Kotlyar, 2015 |
| Family: | Melamphaidae (Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads) | |||
| Max. size: | 2 cm SL (female) | |||
| Environment: | bathypelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 1200 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Indian Ocean: southern part of the Mozambique Channel near the sw coast of Madagascar Island. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-15; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 27-27. This species is distinguished by the following characters: gill rakers on first gill arch 15; eye diameter equal to suborbital bone width; vertebrae 27 (12 abdominal vertebrae); haemal arm of first caudal vertebra no haemal spurs; D III,15, A I,8; V 7; ventral fin behind vertical line of posterior margin of pectoral fin basement; anal fin starts behind the vertical line of fourth ray of dorsal fin from its end (Ref. 117119). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 30 December 2019 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||