porosus, Neoscopelus Arai [R.] 1969:466, Figs. 1A, 2-3; Pl. 1 (figs. 3-4) [Bulletin of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) v. 12 (no. 3); ref. 7795] Off Heta, Suruga Bay, Japan. Holotype: NSMT P.7629. Paratypes: NSMT-P.7630 (1), plus 8 specimens in postscript. •Valid as Neoscopelus porosus Arai 1969 -- (Nafpaktitis 1977:1 [ref. 23677], Okamura & Machida 1986:39 [ref. 22278], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:75 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:252 [ref. 12442], Becker & Shcherbachev 1990:848 [ref. 20119], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1956 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:377 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:593 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:300 [ref. 25995], Chen 2002:104 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:377 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:410 [ref. 28370], Paxton & Gates 2006:507 [ref. 29007], Wada et al. 2021:27 [ref. 38512], Bañón et al. 2024:496 [ref. 41642]). Current status: Valid as Neoscopelus porosus Arai 1969. Neoscopelidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.