Melanolagus bericoides Melanolagus bericoides, the bigscale deep-sea smelt, is a species of deep-sea smelt found in tropical and subtropical oceans to a depth of . This species grows to a length of . Its original name is Scopelus bericoides Borodin and belongs to the Melanolagus Kobyliansky family. References Category:Bathylagidae Category:Monotypic fish genera Category:Fish described in 1929