crocodilus, Gasteropelecus Risso [A.] 1810:357 [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Serpe not Latinized, original genus as above. Scopelus crocodilus Valenciennes as treated by Bertin & Estève 1950:11 [ref. 19576] is not available. •Valid as Lampanyctus crocodilus (Risso 1810) -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:186 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:13 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:461 [ref. 13675], Scott & Scott 1988:221 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:106 [ref. 14674], Hulley 1990:438 [ref. 15273], Stefanescu et al. 1994:321 [ref. 22328], Golani 1994:37 [ref. 23162], Arruda 1997:47 [ref. 24952], Porteiro et al. 1999:37 [ref. 24203], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:45 [ref. 26753], Craddock, Hartel & Flescher in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:202 [ref. 26158], Hartel & Craddock 2003:950 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:89 [ref. 27807], Golani 2005:24 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:60 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:25 [ref. 36649], Møller et al. 2010:34 [ref. 31169], Page et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32708], Goren & Galil 2015:516 [ref. 33910], Afonso et al. 2016:28, 175 [ref. 36199], Hulley 2016:1907 [ref. 34576], Artüz & Fricke 2019:553 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:121 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36864], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:47 [ref. 37828], Bariche & Fricke 2020:52 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37519], Sutton et al. 2020:201 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:56 [ref. 38883], Dalyan et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38892], Golani 2021:25 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39014], Page et al. 2023:96 [ref. 40505], Meera et al. 2024:6 [ref. 41339]). Current status: Valid as Lampanyctus crocodilus (Risso 1810). Myctophidae: Lampanyctinae. Distribution: North Atlantic; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara. Records from western Indian Ocean need verification. Habitat: marine.