Paralepis speciosa Bellotti, 1878

Paralepis speciosus Bellotti, 1878: 54, 57. Type locality: Nice, Mediterranean coast of France. Paralepis speciosa, Galil & Goren, 1994: 50; Goren & Galil, 1997: 201, 2002: 151.

Material examined. 1 spec, TAU P- 10352, Israel, Off Hadera, 1485 m, coll. Galil, 14 June 1989. Distribution. A Mediterranean Endemic; depth range "? – 660 m ". In the Levant, the maximum known depth is 1485 m, a depth record for this species.