melas, Scymnodon Bigelow [H. B.], Schroeder [W. C.] & Springer [S.] 1953:233, Fig. 5 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 109 (no. 3); ref. 12682] Off Georges Bank, 40°00'N, 68°52'W, northwestern Atlantic, depth 420-480 fathoms. Holotype: MCZ 37452. Paratypes: MCZ (2). •Synonym of Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello 1864 -- (Krefft & Tortonese 1973:41 [ref. 7165], McEachran & Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:134 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:55 [ref. 6474], Castro 2011:117 [ref. 31457]). Current status: Synonym of Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello 1864. Somniosidae. Habitat: marine.