bispinosus, Melamphaes Gilbert [C. H.] 1915:325, Pl. 15 (fig. 5) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 48 (no. 2075); ref. 1632] Off Coronado Islands, near San Diego, California, U.S.A., Albatross station 4382, depth 642-666 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 75809. Paratypes: CAS-SU 22972 (1), 22983-84 (1, 1), 22989 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:64 [ref. 12291]. Genus originally as Melamphaës. •Synonym of Scopelogadus mizolepis (Günther 1878), but a valid subspecies -- (Ebeling & Weed 1963:19 [ref. 4616], Peden & Jamieson 1988:492 [ref. 12864], Pequeño 1989:53 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:131 [ref. 14674], Kotlyar 2004:7 [ref. 27590]). •Valid as Scopelogadus bispinosus (Gilbert 1915) -- (Fourriére et al. 2016:457 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923], Burton & Lea 2019:55 [ref. 37205], Kotlyar 2021:3 [ref. 38100], Kotlyar 2021:807 [ref. 38954], Love et al. 2021:99 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:105 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Scopelogadus bispinosus (Gilbert 1915). Melamphaidae. Distribution: Central Pacific and eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.