Meterythrops pictus Holt & W. M. Tattersall 1905

15. Meterythrops pictus Holt & W.M. Tattersall, 1905 Meterythrops affinis Coifmann, 1936 Meterythrops indica Hansen, 1910 Meterythrops picta Holt & W.M. Tattersall, 1905 Indonesia records: South Ambon (Banda Arc) (Hansen 1910) and Timor Sea (Fukuoka & Murano 2006). Depth range: Closing vertical net, from 2000 m to the sea surface (Hansen 1910) and plankton net from 535–547 m and 610–690 m (Fukuoka & Murano 2006) General distribution: This species is distributed in the Northeast Atlantic (Holt & W.M. Tattersall 1905; W.M. Tattersall 1911), Iceland and West of Hebrides (Hansen 1908), Iceland (Paulsen 1909). Denmark and Greenland (Stephensen 1913, 1933), South African waters (Zimmer 1914; Illig 1930; O.S. Tattersall 1955), Indian Ocean (Coifmann 1936; W.M. Tattersall 1939; Pillai 1965), Japan (Ii 1964), West Atlantic (W.M. Tattersall 1951), British/ European waters (W.M. Tattersall & O.S. Tattersall 1951; Fukuoka & Murano 2006) and Japan (Ii 1964; Murano 1970, 1977; Fukuoka & Murano 2006).