Neoscombrops Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1922:67 Masc. Neoscombrops annectens Gilchrist 1922. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Neoscombrops Gilchrist 1922 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Mochizuki & Sano 1984 [ref. 5188], Johnson 1984:464 [ref. 9681], Heemstra 1986:562 [ref. 5660], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Heemstra 2003:1301 [ref. 27043], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2003:288 [ref. 27216], Prokofiev 2007:423 [ref. 29273] in Doderleiniidae, Yamanoue et al. 2009:400 [ref. 30547]). •Synonym of Verilus Poey 1860 -- (Yamanoue 2016:2376 [ref. 34736]). Current status: Synonym of Verilus Poey 1860. Malakichthyidae.