Výskyt
Západní a střední Afrika – řeka Nyanga (Gabon).
Typová lokalita
Nyanga River, where street crosses river in Tchibanga, Nyanga River system, 3°00'S, 11°00'E, Gabon.
Velikost
11,5 cm SL.
Etymologie
Druh pojmenován na počest ichtyoložky Melanie L. J. Stiassnyové z American Museum of Natural History v New Yorku.
Původní popis
Skelton, P. H. 2007. New species of the amphiliid catfish genera Amphilius, Doumea and Phractura and the taxonomy of Paramphilius from west central Africa (Siluriformes, Amphiliidae). Zootaxa No. 1578: 41-68.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2026. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.
Scharpf, C. 2025. The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. World Wide Web.
Skelton, P. H. 2007. New species of the amphiliid catfish genera Amphilius, Doumea and *Phractura* and the taxonomy of *Paramphilius* from west central Africa (Siluriformes, Amphiliidae). Zootaxa No. 1578: 41-68.