melampeplus, Dermatorus Alcock [A. W.] 1896:305 [5] [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 65 (pt 2, No. 3); ref. 91] Arabian Sea, 15°11'N, 72°28'45"E, Investigator station 193, depth 931 fathoms (1,702 meters). Holotype (unique): ZSI F60/1. Type catalog: Menon & Rama Rao 1971:343 [ref. 31198], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:40 [ref. 22148]. On p. 5 of separate. Figured in Alcock 1897: Pl. 17 (fig. 3) [ref. 20533]. •Valid as Porogadus melampeplus (Alcock 1896) -- (Nielsen 1997:75 [ref. 23255], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:86 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1981 [ref. 24753], Prokofiev 2005:115 [ref. 34466], Fricke et al. 2011:367 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2015:3 [ref. 33930]). •Valid as Tenuicephalus melampeplus (Alcock 1896) -- (Schwarzhans & Møller 2021:75 [ref. 38607]). •Valid as Tenuicephalichthys melampeplus (Alcock 1896). Current status: Valid as Tenuicephalichthys melampeplus (Alcock 1896). Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: western Indian Ocean, Mascarene Plateau east to Solomon Sea (Pacific). Habitat: marine.