Neoscopelus Johnson [J. Y.] 1863:44 Masc. Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson 1863. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Neoscopelus Johnson 1863 -- (Nielsen 1973:170 [ref. 6885], Nafpaktitis 1977:6 [ref. 23677], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:426 [ref. 13675], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:75 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:321 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:252 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:275 [ref. 22532], Paxton & Niem 1999:1956 [ref. 24746], Hartel & Craddock 2003:943 [ref. 27005], Paxton & Gates 2006:506 [ref. 29007], Paxton & Bray 2008:269 [ref. 30633], Roberts 2015:611 [ref. 34256], Bañón et al. 2016:311 [ref. 34397], Fricke et al. 2018:75 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:67[ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Neoscopelus Johnson 1863. Neoscopelidae.