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Species in the family or subfamily Neoscopelidae: [ 11 ] records

alcocki, Neoscopelus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904:580, Pl. 2 (figs. 1-2) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]; ref. 2526] Suruga Bay, Japan, depth 173-260 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51473 [not 51477]. •Synonym of Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson 1863 -- (Nafpaktitis 1977:8 [ref. 23677], Hulley 1990:468 [ref. 15273], Mundy 2005:210 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson 1863. Neoscopelidae. Habitat: marine.

arenidens, Solivomer Miller [R. R.] 1947:84, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 97 (no. 3211); ref. 3017] Off Panaon Island, between Leyte and Mindanao Islands, Philippines, 10°00'00"N, 125°06'45"E, Albatross station 5488, depth 772 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 138929. Paratypes: AMNH 36364 (2); AMS I.34083-001 (1, c&s); FMNH 43971 [ex USNM] (2); UMML 154375 [ex USNM 135933] (2); USNM 135419 (3), 135927-35 (3, 9, 1, 3, 4, 1, 4, 1, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:80 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Solivomer arenidens Miller 1947 -- (Paxton & Hulley 1999:1956 [ref. 24748], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:593 [ref. 25122]). Current status: Valid as Solivomer arenidens Miller 1947. Neoscopelidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

bruuni, Neoscopelus Whitley [G. P.] 1931:312 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 4); ref. 4672] South east of Eucla, Great Australian Bight, 129°28'E, Australia. Syntypes: AMS E.3549 (1), I.12990 (1). Based on specimens of Neoscopelus macrolepidotus described by McCulloch 1914: 90, Pl. 17 [ref. 2940]. •Synonym of Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson 1863 -- (Nafpaktitis 1977:8 [ref. 23677], Paxton et al. 1989:252 [ref. 12442], Hulley 1990:468 [ref. 15273], Gomon et al. 1994:276 [ref. 22532], Paxton & Gates 2006:506 [ref. 29007]). Current status: Synonym of Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson 1863. Neoscopelidae. Habitat: marine.

clarkei, Scopelengys Butler [J. L.] & Ahlstrom [E. H.] 1976:148, 1B, 2B, 3B [United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin v. 74 (no. 1); ref. 7374] Eastern central Pacific, 29°56.6'N, 144°56.6'W, depth 0-1000 meters. Holotype: SIO 73-160. Paratypes: FMNH 76366 (1); USNM 210706-07 (1, 1). Plus additional material. Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:78 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Scopelengys clarkei Butler & Ahlstrom 1976 -- (Mecklenburg et al. 2002:243 [ref. 25968], Mundy 2005:210 [ref. 28379], Page et al. 2023:94 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Scopelengys clarkei Butler & Ahlstrom 1976. Neoscopelidae. Distribution: Central and eastern Pacific: Hawaiian Islands to Guadeloupe Island (off Baja California, Mexico). Habitat: marine.

dispar, Scopelengys Garman [S.] 1899:254, Pl. 54 (figs. 2-2d) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Southwest of Gulf of Panama, 7°06'15"N, 80°34'W, Albatross station 3353, depth 695 fathoms. Lectotype: MCZ 28508. Paralectotypes: MCZ 41639 (1), 100033 [ex MCZ 28508] (1), 100034 [ex MCZ 28508] (1). As lugubris on p. 400 apparently by error, which based on asterisk is intended for the same taxon as dispar. Lectotype selected by Butler & Ahlstrom 1976:147 [ref. 7374] as 28058 [sic]. •Valid as Scopelengys dispar Garman 1899 -- (Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125]). •Synonym of Scopelengys tristis Alcock 1890 -- (Nielsen 1973:170 [ref. 6885], Butler & Ahlstrom 1976:143 [ref. 7374], Nafpaktitis 1977:6 [ref. 23677], Hulley 1990:469 [ref. 15273], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:243 [ref. 25968]). Current status: Synonym of Scopelengys tristis Alcock 1890. Neoscopelidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

lugubris, Scopelengys Garman [S.] 1899:400 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Off Mariato Point; Gulf of Panama, depth 695-1832 fathoms. In error for dispar, see account of Scopelengys dispar, p. 354. Neoscopelidae.

macrolepidotus, Neoscopelus Johnson [J. Y.] 1863:44, Pl. 7 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863 (pt 1) (art. 5) (for 13 Jan. 1863); ref. 5021] Off Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1862.10.3.3. •Valid as Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson 1863 -- (Nielsen 1973:170 [ref. 6885], Nafpaktitis 1977:6 [ref. 23677], Okamura in Okamura et al. 1982:115, 343 [ref. 8256], Sawada in Amaoka et al. 1983:89, 183 [ref. 8379], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:189 [ref. 14275], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:427 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:75 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:183, 349 [ref. 8057], Peden & Hughes 1986:2 [ref. 9714], Hulley 1986:321 [ref. 5672], Matarese et al. 1989:144 [ref. 26885], Paulin et al. 1989:114 [ref. 24556], Paxton et al. 1989:252 [ref. 12442], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:165 [ref. 36134], McAllister 1990:112 [ref. 14674], Fujii in Amaoka et al. 1990:145 [ref. 16024], Hulley 1990:468 [ref. 15273], Becker & Shcherbachev 1990:847 [ref. 20119], Gomon et al. 1994:275 [ref. 22532], Cervigón 1996:151 [ref. 24489], Shinohara et al. 1996:164 [ref. 26605], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:678 [ref. 23897], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1956 [ref. 24748], Savinykh & Balanov 1999:424 [ref. 24871], Nakabo 2000:377 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:592 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:300 [ref. 25995], Chen 2002:108 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:377 [ref. 26001], Hartel & Craddock 2003:943 [ref. 27005], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:51 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:198 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:43 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:210 [ref. 28379], Shinohara et al. 2005:410 [ref. 28370], Paxton & Gates 2006:506 [ref. 29007], Paxton & Bray 2008:270 [ref. 30633], Fricke et al. 2009:25 [ref. 30213], Bañon et al. 2010:9 [ref. 31029], Fricke et al. 2011:360 [ref. 31242], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:109 [ref. 36167], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:76 [ref. 37485], Roberts 2015:611 [ref. 34256], Bañón et al. 2016:311 [ref. 34397], Ordines et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35223], Fricke et al. 2018:75 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:113 [ref. 37250], Fricke et al. 2019:67 [ref. 36673], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:36 [ref. 37828], Klautau et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37903], Sutton et al. 2020:156 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:56 [ref. 38883], Love et al. 2021:65 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:94 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson 1863. Neoscopelidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas, but not in southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

microchir, Neoscopelus Matsubara [K.] 1943:59, Fig. 13 [The Journal of the Sigenkagaku Kenkyusyo v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 6514] Heta, Suruga, Japan. Holotype: FAKU 6582. Paratypes: FAKU 1061-1070 (10), 2120 (1), 2251 (1), 2253-55 (3), 4926 (1), 6228-32 (5), 6578 (1), 6579-81 (3), 6605 (1), 6583 (1), 10240 (1), 10416-17 (2), 7 other specimens, unnumbered [some specimens lost]. •Valid as Neoscopelus microchir Matsubara 1943 -- (Nielsen 1973:170 [ref. 6885], Nafpaktitis 1977:9 [ref. 23677], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:427 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:75 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:183, 350 [ref. 8057], Hulley 1986:322 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:252 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:114 [ref. 24556], Hulley 1990:468 [ref. 15273], Adam et al. 1998:9 [ref. 23610], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:679 [ref. 23897], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1956 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:377 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:592 [ref. 25122], Wang & Chen 2001:109 [ref. 25464], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:300 [ref. 25995], Chen 2002:105 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:377 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:202, 535 [ref. 26218], Bañón et al. 2002:878 [ref. 26949], Hartel & Craddock 2003:943 [ref. 27005], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S98 [ref. 27377], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:51 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:198 [ref. 27076], Shinohara et al. 2005:410 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:210 [ref. 28379], Paxton & Gates 2006:507 [ref. 29007], Bañon et al. 2010:9 [ref. 31029], Roberts 2015:612 [ref. 34256], Bañón et al. 2016:311 [ref. 34397], Fricke et al. 2018:75 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:113 [ref. 37250], Fricke et al. 2019:67 [ref. 36673], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:36 [ref. 37828], Kim et al. 2020:67 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:317 [ref. 37272] as 'microchir', Bañón & Maño 2021:56 [ref. 38883], Koeda et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38857], Bañón et al. 2022:2 [ref. 39403] as cf. microchir, Fermon et al. 2022:302 [ref. 39448] possible, Robertson et al. 2022:86 [ref. 39353], Page et al. 2023:94 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Neoscopelus microchir Matsubara 1943. Neoscopelidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas, but not in eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

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]). Current status: Valid as Neoscopelus porosus Arai 1969. Neoscopelidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

tristis, Scopelengys Alcock [A. W.] 1890:303 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 6 (no. 34); ref. 83] Off Elicapeni Bank, Laccadive Sea, 11°12'47"N, 74°25'30"E, Investigator station 104, depth 1000 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F12873. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:104 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:35 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Alcock 1892: Pl. 7 (fig. 7) [ref. 20531]. •Valid as Scopelengys tristis Alcock 1890 -- (Nielsen 1973:170 [ref. 6885], Butler & Ahlstrom 1976:143 [ref. 7374], Nafpaktitis 1977:4 [ref. 23677], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:188 [ref. 14275], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:428 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:75 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:322 [ref. 5672], Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125], Hulley 1990:469 [ref. 15273], Becker & Shcherbachev 1990:845 [ref. 20119], Balanov & Fedorov 1996:345 [ref. 24646], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1956 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:377 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:593 [ref. 25122], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:22 [ref. 25650], Chen 2002:110 [ref. 26587], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:243 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:377 [ref. 26001], Hartel & Craddock 2003:943 [ref. 27005], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:52 [ref. 27192], Love et al. 2005:43 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:254 [ref. 28944], Parin et al. 2014:154 [ref. 33547], Robertson et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35676], Burton & Lea 2019:99 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:113 [ref. 37250], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:36 [ref. 37828], Sutton et al. 2020:156 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:65 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:186 [ref. 39448], Mincarone et al. 2022:[6] [ref. 39411], Page et al. 2023:94 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Scopelengys tristis Alcock 1890. Neoscopelidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. Habitat: marine.

whoi, Scopelengys Mead [G. W.] 1963:255, Fig. 1 [Deep-Sea Research v. 10; ref. 4945] North of Cariaco Trench, Venezuela, 12°02'N, 65°01'W, depth 400-600 meters. Holotype: MCZ 41638. •Synonym of Scopelengys tristis Alcock 1890 -- (Butler & Ahlstrom 1976:143 [ref. 7374], Nafpaktitis 1977:6 [ref. 23677], Hulley 1990:469 [ref. 15273]). Current status: Synonym of Scopelengys tristis Alcock 1890. Neoscopelidae. Habitat: marine.