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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?><fishbase> 
<species pointdatarec='50'> 
<speccode>17178</speccode> 
<genus link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.php?ID=Melamphaes'>Melamphaes</genus> 
<speciesfb link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/PiscesSummary.php?ID=17178'>polylepis</speciesfb> 
<author casrefno='5896' link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/EschmeyerSummary.php?RefNo=5896'>Ebeling, 1962</author> 
<family link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=233'>Melamphaidae</family> 
<commonname>Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads</commonname> 
<subfamily></subfamily> 
<order link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/ordersSummary.php?order=Beryciformes'>Beryciformes</order> 
<class>Teleostei</class> 
<fbname></fbname>
<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).</distribution> 
<picname src='https://www.fishbase.org/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Mepol_u0.jpg' link='https://www.fishbase.org/photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=17178' alt='Show available picture(s) for Melamphaes polylepis'></picname> 
</species> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FB 2739382</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>2250 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900284</catID> 
<lat>3 N</lat> 
<long>142 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>500 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900285</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>400 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900286</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900287</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>200 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900288</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>1100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902616</catID> 
<lat>7 N</lat> 
<long>121 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>1000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902617</catID> 
<lat>7 N</lat> 
<long>121 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>3321 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902618</catID> 
<lat>25 N</lat> 
<long>128 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>1000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902619</catID> 
<lat>29 N</lat> 
<long>142 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>200 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902620</catID> 
<lat>7 S</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>1000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902621</catID> 
<lat>7 N</lat> 
<long>121 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>200 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902622</catID> 
<lat>5 S</lat> 
<long>130 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>1000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902623</catID> 
<lat>7 S</lat> 
<long>124 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>1000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902624</catID> 
<lat>7 N</lat> 
<long>121 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>4228 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1902625</catID> 
<lat>29 N</lat> 
<long>142 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>1000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 482-1966</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1966</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>320 - 150 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 484-1966</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1966</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>660 - 160 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 559-1966</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1966</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>380 - 175 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 607-1966</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1966</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>330 - 170 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 18091</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1037-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>560 - 540 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1102-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>560 - 540 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1151-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>580 - 560 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 396-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>140 - 120 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 544-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>580 - 560 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 713-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>520 - 500 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 758-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>200 - 180 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 795-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>600 - 580 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 832-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>200 - 180 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 864-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>600 - 580 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 908-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>2000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 962-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>2000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 983-1968</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>120 - 100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2117-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>1900 - 1850 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2178-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>304 - 300 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2232-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>657 - 592 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2306-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>2100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2463-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>756 - 746 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2542-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>1300 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 463-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>2000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 558-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>550 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 616-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>550 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 618-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>550 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 639-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>350 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 666-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>550 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 329-1981</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1981</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>4680 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 286-1982</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1982</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>1100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 515-1982</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1982</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>3200 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 586-1982</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1982</year> 
<nameused>Melamphaes polylepis</nameused> 
<depth>1370 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
</fishbase>