affinis, Scopelus Lütken [C. F.] 1892:(237) 252 [32], Fig. 10 [Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark, Copenhague (Sér. 6) v. 7 (no. 6); ref. 2858] 8°44'N, 21°00'W. Lectotype: ZMUC 16. Paralectotypes: (77) ZMUC, Atlantic and Indian oceans, from 37 stations. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:40 [ref. 9588]. Lectotype selected by Bolin 1959:15 [ref. 503]. •Valid as Myctophum affine (Lütken 1892) -- (Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Scott & Scott 1988:226 [ref. 25518], Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:109 [ref. 14674], Hulley 1990:452 [ref. 15273], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:665 [ref. 23897], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:151 [ref. 27754], Chen 2002:143 [ref. 26587] as affinis, Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:56 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:951 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:202 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:89 [ref. 27807], Costa & Mincarone 2010:354 [ref. 37483], Page et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32708], Pinheiro et al. 2015:9 [ref. 34324], Hulley 2016:1915 [ref. 34576], Nión et al. 2016:38 [ref. 35565], Carneiro et al. 2019:124 [ref. 37250], Fricke et al. 2019:68 [ref. 36673], Sutton et al. 2020:210 [ref. 37832], Fermon et al. 2022:192 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:97 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Myctophum affine (Lütken 1892). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Atlantic. Habitat: marine.