Species that contain: Benthosema and pterotum [ 3 ] records

gilberti, Myctophum Evermann [B. W.] & Seale [A.] 1907:55, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 26 (Doc. 607) (for 1906); ref. 1285] Bulan, Sorsogon, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 55900. Paratypes: BSMP (1) apparently destroyed, CAS-SU 22232 [not 20000] (1), USNM 126397 [ex USBF 1487/4535] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:20 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Benthosema pterotum (Alcock 1890) -- (Paxton 1979:6 [ref. 6440]). Current status: Synonym of Benthosema pterotum (Alcock 1890). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

panamense, Myctophum pterotum Tåning [A. V.] 1932:129, Fig. 3 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn v. 94; ref. 5031] Gulf of Panama, 7°30'N, 79°19'W, depth about 100 meters. Lectotype: ZMUC P2329233. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:40 [ref. 9588]. Lectotype selected by Nafpaktitis 1973:10 [ref. 10436]. •Valid as Benthosema panamense (Tåning 1932) -- (Paxton 1979:6 [ref. 6440], Paxton et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1320 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:229 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:165 [ref. 24555], Love et al. 2005:43 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:254 [ref. 28944], Page et al. 2013:89 [ref. 32708], Robertson et al. 2017:51 [ref. 35676], Love et al. 2021:66 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:94 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Benthosema panamense (Tåning 1932). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

pterotus, Scopelus (Myctophum) Alcock [A. W.] 1890:217 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26); ref. 82] Madras coast, India, 18°30'N, 84°46'E, Investigator station 96, depth 98-102 fathoms. Syntypes: (about 60) BMNH 1890.11.28.31-36 [ex ZSI 12737] (6), ?1947.12.17.1 [? Ex ZSI 12737] (1); MNHN 1890-0348 to 0351 (1, 1, 1, 1); ZSI F12737-39 (24). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:11 [ref. 19576], Menon & Yazdani 1968:104 [ref. 20743], Menon and Rama-Rao 1970:377 [ref. 27516], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:35 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Alcock 1894: Pl. 9 (fig. 3) [ref. 17304]. •Valid as Benthosema pterotum (Alcock 1890) -- (Paxton 1979:6 [ref. 6440], Dor 1984:49 [ref. 29757], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:65 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:285 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:254 [ref. 12442], Goren & Dor 1994:13 [ref. 25356], 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 2001:109 [ref. 25464], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Chen 2002:124 [ref. 26587] dated 1891, Nakabo 2002:382 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:203, 535 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S98 [ref. 27377], Love et al. 2005:43 [ref. 37547], Shinohara et al. 2005:410 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:510 [ref. 28994], Larson et al. 2013:48 [ref. 32988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:171 [ref. 34104], Golani & Fricke 2018:36 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:68[ref. 36673], Kim et al. 2020:69 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:318 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:26 [ref. 37637], Love et al. 2021:66 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Benthosema pterotum (Alcock 1890). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Korea and Japan; eastern Pacific: larvae straying to Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.