caudispinosus, Scopelus Johnson [J. Y.] 1863:42 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863 (pt 1) (art. 5) (for 13 Jan. 1863); ref. 5021] Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1862.2.5.3. •Valid as Notoscopelus caudispinosus (Johnson 1863) -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:194 [ref. 7181], Fujii & Uyeno 1976:230 [ref. 7014], Paxton 1979:16 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:477 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:75 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:315 [ref. 5672], Scott & Scott 1988:229 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:267 [ref. 12442], McAllister 1990:109 [ref. 14674], Hulley 1990:459 [ref. 15273], Santos et al. 1997:50 [ref. 23531], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:671 [ref. 23897], Filin 1998:284 [ref. 24676], Porteiro et al. 1999:14 [ref. 24203], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1964 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:385 [ref. 25086], Wang & Chen 2001:121 [ref. 25464], Hutchins 2001:21 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:385 [ref. 26001], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:57 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:951 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:203 [ref. 27076], Mundy 2005:232 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:528 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2011:362 [ref. 31242], Parin et al. 2014:159 [ref. 33547], Robertson & Clements 2015:674 [ref. 34257], Pinheiro et al. 2015:9 [ref. 34324], Hulley 2016:1922 [ref. 34576], Nión et al. 2016:39 [ref. 35565], Carneiro et al. 2019:125 [ref. 37250], Fricke et al. 2019:69 [ref. 36673], Reiner 2019:108 [ref. 38139], Sutton et al. 2020:211 [ref. 37832] in subgenus Notoscopelus, Fermon et al. 2022:186 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:97 [ref. 40505], Koerber 2024:18 [ref. 41215]). Current status: Valid as Notoscopelus caudispinosus (Johnson 1863). Myctophidae: Gymnoscopelinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical seas, but not in eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.