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Redescription of the Melamphaes longivelis is presented. Two new species related to it are described: M. inconspicuus sp. n. and M. kobylyanskyi sp. n. M. longivelis inhabits the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, from the equatorial waters up to 50° N; the species has not been confirmed to occur in the Southern Atlantic. M. inconspicuus is described from the tropical waters of the Northern Atlantic, while M. kobylyanskyi from the Walvis Ridge of the Southeastern Atlantic.
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Original Russian Text © A.N. Kotlyar, 2015, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2015, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 260–267.
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Kotlyar, A.N. Revision of the genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 2. Oligo-Raker species: M. longivelis Parr, M. inconspicuus sp. n., M. kobylyanskyi sp. n.. J. Ichthyol. 55, 311–318 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945215030066
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