fibulatum, Myctophum Gilbert [C. H.] & Cramer [F.] 1897:411, Pl. 38 (?fig. 2 not 3) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1114); ref. 1635] Kaiwi Channel, Hawaiian Islands, 21°13'N, 157°43'37"W, Albatross station 3467, depth 310 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 47711. •Valid as Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer 1897) -- (Paxton 1979:6 [ref. 6440], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:65 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:285 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:254 [ref. 12442], Becker & Shcherbachev 1990:848 [ref. 20119], Fricke 1999:96 [ref. 24106], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1965 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:382 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:593 [ref. 25122], Wang & Chen 2001:112 [ref. 25464], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Chen 2002:126 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:382 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S98 [ref. 27377], Shinohara et al. 2005:410 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:211 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:510 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2009:25 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:360 [ref. 31242], Larson et al. 2013:48 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:28 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:171 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:75 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:36 [ref. 36273], Teramura in Koeda & Ho 2019:316 [ref. 42208], Psomadakis et al. 2020:317 [ref. 37272], Sutton et al. 2020:170 [ref. 37832], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:80 [ref. 41223], Obata et al. 2024:43 [ref. 42343], Kai & Gosho 2025:23 [ref. 42505], Su et al. 2025:128 [ref. 42182]). Current status: Valid as Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer 1897). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: off South Africa; Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar and Réunion (western Mascarenes) east to Hawaiian Islands and Marquesas Islands, north to Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.