Scopelengys Alcock [A. W.] 1890:302 Masc. Scopelengys tristis Alcock 1890. Type by monotypy. Misprinted Scopelogenys in Zoological Record for 1890 and in Jordan 1920:449 [ref. 4905]. •Valid as Scopelengys Alcock 1890 -- (Nielsen 1973:170 [ref. 6885], Nafpaktitis 1977:4 [ref. 23677], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:428 [ref. 13675], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:75 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:322 [ref. 5672], Paxton & Niem 1999:1956 [ref. 24746], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:242 [ref. 25968], Hartel & Craddock 2003:943 [ref. 27005], Parin et al. 2014:154 [ref. 33547], Robertson et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35676]). Current status: Valid as Scopelengys Alcock 1890. Neoscopelidae.