melanolophus, Himantolophus Bertelsen [E.] & Krefft [G.] 1988:52, Fig. 18 [Steenstrupia v. 14 (no. 2); ref. 6615] Southwest of Cape Verde Islands, 9°30.5'N, 29°35'W, depth 0 to 350 meters. Holotype: ISH 1212-1974. Paratypes: UF 40805 (1), USNM 235918 (1). •Valid as Himantolophus melanolophus Bertelsen & Krefft 1988 -- (McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:857 [ref. 23897], Pietsch 2003:1061 [ref. 27014], Shao et al. 2008:244 [ref. 29952], Pietsch 2009:341 [ref. 30766], Pietsch 2016:2063 [ref. 34597], Ho & Shao 2019:16 [ref. 37146], Page et al. 2023:165 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Himantolophus melanolophus Bertelsen & Krefft 1988. Himantolophidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic and Taiwan (Pacific) and off Mozambique. Habitat: marine.