scutatus, Pseudoscopelus Krefft [G.] 1971:166, Figs. 1-8 [Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft v. 22 (no. 3); ref. 7434] Eastern North Atlantic, 2°44'N, 25°12'W, depth 380-175 to 0 meters. Holotype: ISH 567-1966a. Paratypes: ISH 567-1966b-c (2), 647-1966 (4), 687-1966 (2), 734-1966 (1), 861-1966 (1), 1712-1966 (1), 242-1968 (1), 454-1968 (1), 1042-1968 (2), 1293-1968 (1), 2471-1971 (1). Type catalog: Krefft 1978:16 [ref. 9884]. •Valid as Pseudoscopelus scutatus Krefft 1971 -- (Nakabo et al. 1992 [ref. 21909], Nakabo 2000:1073 [ref. 25182], Mooi & Paxton 2001:3496 [ref. 26280], Nakabo 2002:1073 [ref. 26193], Moore et al. 2003:227 [ref. 27076], McEachran & Sutton 2003:1743 [ref. 27107], Figueiredo et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:94 [ref. 27192], Prokofiev & Kukuev 2005:749 [ref. 28534], Prokofiev & Kukuev 2006:176 [ref. 28617], Melo et al. 2007:34 [ref. 29307], Prokofiev & Kukuev 2007:126 [ref. 29559], Spitz et al. 2007:336 [ref. 29400], Spitz et al. 2007:336 [ref. 29400], Melo 2010:45 [ref. 31058], Prokofiev 2011:714 [ref. 31701], Smith in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2766 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:291 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:286 [ref. 37832], Eduardo et al. 2022:10 [ref. 39574], Page et al. 2023:116 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pseudoscopelus scutatus Krefft 1971. Chiasmodontidae. Distribution: Circumglobal, except not in eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.