pusillus, Scopelus Johnson [J. Y.] 1890:457 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890 (pt 2) (art. 5) (for 3 June 1890); ref. 14496] Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1890.5.31.8. •Valid as Lampanyctus pusillus (Johnson 1890) -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:189 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:13 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:466 [ref. 13675], Hulley 1986:309 [ref. 5672], Scott & Scott 1988:224 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:265 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:107 [ref. 14674], Hulley 1990:444 [ref. 15273], Golani 1994:38 [ref. 23162], Santos et al. 1997:48 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:48 [ref. 24952], Porteiro et al. 1999:38 [ref. 24203], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:46 [ref. 26753], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:55 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:951 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27076], Golani 2005:24 [ref. 37112], Paxton et al. 2006:524 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2007:61 [ref. 29533], Paxton & Bray 2008:288 [ref. 30633], Fricke et al. 2009:25 [ref. 30213], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:26 [ref. 36649], Goren & Galil 2015:516 [ref. 33910], Robertson & Clements 2015:664 [ref. 34257], Hulley 2016:1910 [ref. 34576], Carneiro et al. 2019:123 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36864], Reiner 2019:108 [ref. 38139], Kovačić et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37519], Sutton et al. 2020:200 [ref. 37832], Golani 2021:25 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39014], Page et al. 2023:96 [ref. 40505], Koerber 2024:29 [ref. 41215]). Current status: Valid as Lampanyctus pusillus (Johnson 1890). Myctophidae: Lampanyctinae. Distribution: Atlantic (including Mediterranean Sea) and southern circumglobal in temperate seas. Habitat: marine.