michaelsarsi, Scopelarchus Koefoed [E.] 1955:6, Fig. [Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 v. 4 (pt 2, no. 4); ref. 5621] Western North Atlantic, 40°17'N, 50°39'W, station 67, surface. Holotype (unique): ZMUB 5996. Type catalog: Frøiland 1979:147 [ref. 21547]. •Valid as Scopelarchus michaelsarsi Koefoed 1955 -- (Johnson 1974:183 [ref. 7050], Johnson 1982:171 [ref. 5519], Johnson in Whitehead et al. 1984:487 [ref. 13675], Johnson 1986:267 [ref. 5677], Johnson 1990:397 [ref. 15266], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:581 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:91 [ref. 24106], Paxton & Niem 1999:1926 [ref. 24746], Nakabo 2000:373 [ref. 25086], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:591 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:373 [ref. 26001], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:49 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:197 [ref. 27076], Thompson 2003:920 [ref. 27003], Shinohara et al. 2005:408 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:197 [ref. 28379], Davis 2015:67 [ref. 33682], Stewart 2015:574 [ref. 34215], Russell 2016:1837 [ref. 34572], Carneiro et al. 2019:107 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:102 [ref. 38139] as michaelsersi, Sutton et al. 2020:153 [ref. 37832], Page et al. 2023:91 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Scopelarchus michaelsarsi Koefoed 1955. Scopelarchidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through warm temperate seas, but not eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.