Melanostigma pammelas Gilbert, 1896 .

Midwater Eelpout or Pacific Softpout. To 12.2 cm (4.8 in) SL (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California); 13.3 cm (5.2 in) TL (Lancraft 1982). South of Umnak-Unalaska Islands (53°25’N, 168°10’W) (Maslenikov et al. 2013) to Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico (Anderson 1994). Mesopelagic and possibly bathypelagic; depth: collected in nets towed from 91–2,012 m (298–6,601 ft) (min.: Kamikawa 2017; max.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002).