Marcelo R. S. Melo, ichthyologist.

• Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Oceanografia Biológica, Laboratório de Sistemática de Peixes, Praça do Oceanográfico 191, 05508-120 São Paulo, SP, Brazil;
• E-mail: melomar@usp.br

Taxon names authored

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• 2 taxon names authored by Marcelo R. S. Melo

Publications

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• Melo, M.R.S. & Oyakawa, O.T. 2015. A New Species of Characidium Reinhardt (Characiformes, Crenuchidae) with a Distinctively Dimorphic Male. Copeia 103(2): 281–289. DOI: 10.1643/CI-14-073Reference page. 
• Lemes, P.C.R., Loeb, M.V., Santificetur, C. & Melo, M.R.S. 2016. Redescription of Urophycis brasiliensis (Kaup 1858), a senior synonym of Urophycis latus Miranda Ribeiro 1903 (Gadiformes: Phycidae). Zootaxa 4084(4): 507–518. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.3.Reference page. 
• Melo, M.R.S. & Espindola, V. 2016. Description of a new species of Characidium Reinhardt, 1867 (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Chapada Diamantina plateau, Bahia, and the redescription of Characidium bimaculatum Fowler, 1941. Zootaxa 4196(4): 552–568. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.5. Reference page.