Scopelarchus Alcock [A. W.] 1896:306 Masc. Scopelarchus guentheri Alcock 1896. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Scopelarchus Alcock 1896 -- (Maul 1973:199 [ref. 7171], Johnson 1974 [ref. 2361], Johnson 1982:169 [ref. 5519], Johnson in Whitehead et al. 1984:486 [ref. 13675], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:63 [ref. 6441], Johnson 1986:267 [ref. 5677], Paxton et al. 1989:234 [ref. 12442], Paxton & Niem 1999:1926 [ref. 24746], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Thompson 2003:920 [ref. 27003], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944], Paxton & Gates 2006:489 [ref. 29007], Stewart 2015:573 [ref. 34215], Fricke et al. 2018:72 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Scopelarchus Alcock 1896. Scopelarchidae.