scriptus, Pseudoscopelus Lütken [C. F.] 1892:284 [64], Pl. 1 (figs. 3-5) [Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark, Copenhague (Sér. 6) v. 7 (no. 6); ref. 2858] Western North Atlantic, Old Bahamas Channel. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P65171. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:71 [ref. 9588]. On p. 64 of separate. •Valid as Pseudoscopelus scriptus Lütken 1892 -- (Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:403 [ref. 14275], Bañón et al. 1999:190 [ref. 24059], Mooi & Paxton 2001:3496 [ref. 26280], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:789 [ref. 25968], Moore et al. 2003:227 [ref. 27076], McEachran & Sutton 2003:1743 [ref. 27107], Parin 2003:S19 [ref. 28536], Love et al. 2005:154 [ref. 37547], Prokofiev & Kukuev 2005:749 [ref. 28534], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:562 [ref. 28815], Prokofiev & Kukuev 2006:165 [ref. 28617], Melo et al. 2007:34 [ref. 29307], Spitz et al. 2007:334 [ref. 29400], Prokofiev & Kukuev 2007:102 [ref. 29559], Melo 2010:14 [ref. 31058], Smith in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2766 [ref. 34618], Love et al. 2021:192 [ref. 39279], Fermon et al. 2022:212 [ref. 39448] with question). Current status: Valid as Pseudoscopelus scriptus Lütken 1892. Chiasmodontidae. Distribution: Circumglobal. Habitat: marine.