Elaine Mello
- Full Name: Elaine Mello
- Species: Human
- Gender: Female
- 2365: Captain, commanding officer, Starfleet (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
- By April 2376: Captain, commanding officer, Starfleet; USS Gryphon (DS9 Novel: Demons of Air and Darkness, Mission Gamma: Twilight, Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit, Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
- Death: August 2, 2376; USS Gryphon (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
- Killed by bluegill parasite infiltrating Alejandro Montenegro (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)