Species that contain: Benthosema and fibulatum [ 5 ] records

fibulatum, Myctophum Gilbert [C. H.] & Cramer [F.] 1897:411, Pl. 38 (?fig. 2 not 3) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1114); ref. 1635] Kaiwi Channel, Hawaiian Islands, 21°13'N, 157°43'37"W, Albatross station 3467, depth 310 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 47711. •Valid as Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer 1897) -- (Paxton 1979:6 [ref. 6440], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:65 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:285 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:254 [ref. 12442], Becker & Shcherbachev 1990:848 [ref. 20119], Fricke 1999:96 [ref. 24106], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1965 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:382 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:593 [ref. 25122], Wang & Chen 2001:112 [ref. 25464], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Chen 2002:126 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:382 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S98 [ref. 27377], Shinohara et al. 2005:410 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:211 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:510 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2009:25 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:360 [ref. 31242], Larson et al. 2013:48 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:28 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:171 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:75 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:36 [ref. 36273], Teramura in Koeda & Ho 2019:316 [ref. 42208], Psomadakis et al. 2020:317 [ref. 37272], Sutton et al. 2020:170 [ref. 37832], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:80 [ref. 41223], Obata et al. 2024:43 [ref. 42343], Kai & Gosho 2025:23 [ref. 42505], Su et al. 2025:128 [ref. 42182]). Current status: Valid as Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer 1897). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: off South Africa; Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar and Réunion (western Mascarenes) east to Hawaiian Islands and Marquesas Islands, north to Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

hollandi, Myctophum Jordan [D. S.] & Jordan [E. K.] 1922:11, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 2487] Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): FMNH 55191 [ex CM 3897]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:85 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:58 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer 1897) -- (Paxton 1979:6 [ref. 6440], Chen 2002:126 [ref. 26587], Mundy 2005:211 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer 1897). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

pinchoti, Benthosema Fowler [H. W.] 1932:4, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 80 (no. 2906); ref. 1412] Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands. Holotype: USNM 91823. •Synonym of Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer 1897) -- (Paxton 1979:6 [ref. 6440]). Current status: Synonym of Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer 1897). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

proximum, Myctophum fibulatum Parr [A. E.] 1929:8 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 76 (no. 2807); ref. 15936] Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas, western Atlantic, 24°29'N, 77°29'W, 8000 feet wire out. Holotype: YPM 2184. Paratypes: USNM 89714 (1). Additional material: YPM 2178-83 (15, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1). Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:20 [ref. 16741]. •Synonym of Benthosema suborbitale (Gilbert 1913) -- (Paxton 1979:6 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:399 [ref. 15273]). Current status: Synonym of Benthosema suborbitale (Gilbert 1913). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

renschi, Myctophum Ahl [E.] 1929:195 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 81 (nos 7/10) (art. 3); ref. 15880] Sabang, We Island, northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ZMB 20724. Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:93 [ref. 21847]. •Synonym of Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer 1897) -- (Paxton 1979:6 [ref. 6440]). Current status: Synonym of Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer 1897). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.