Species that contain: Ceratoscopelus and maderensis [ 3 ] records

acanthurus, Scopelus Facciolà [L.] 1882:166 [Naturalista Siciliano [Il Naturalista Siciliano, Giornale di scienze naturali] v. 1 (no. 7); ref. 1291] Straits of Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Spelled aoanthurus initially but apparently in error. Spelled acanthurus by Facciolà 1882 [ref. 17475] and subsequent authors. •Synonym of Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe 1839) -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:174 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:7 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:403 [ref. 15273]). Current status: Synonym of Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe 1839). Myctophidae: Lampanyctinae. Habitat: marine.

doderleini, Scopelus Facciolà [L.] 1882:193, Pl. 10 (figs. 1-4) [Naturalista Siciliano [Il Naturalista Siciliano, Giornale di scienze naturali] v. 1 (no. 9); ref. 17475] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. New name for Scopelus acanthurus Facciolà 1882. •Synonym of Scopelus maderensis Lowe 1839 -- (Döderlein 1882:263 [ref. 36391]). •Synonym of Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe 1839) -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:174 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:7 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:404 [ref. 15273], Bañón Díaz et al. 2001:291 [ref. 26424]). Current status: Synonym of Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe 1839). Myctophidae: Lampanyctinae. Habitat: marine.

maderensis, Scopelus Lowe [R. T.] 1839:87 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1839 (pt 7); ref. 2829] Off Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1865.1.19.2. •Valid as Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe 1839) -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:174 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:7 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:438 [ref. 13675], Scott & Scott 1988:209 [ref. 25518], Klausewitz 1989:257 [ref. 13650], McAllister 1990:103 [ref. 14674], Hulley 1990:403 [ref. 15273], Golani 1994:36 [ref. 23162], Santos et al. 1997:44 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:44 [ref. 24952], Porteiro et al. 1999:34 [ref. 24203], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:44 [ref. 26753], Craddock, Hartel & Flescher in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:200 [ref. 26158], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:52 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:950 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:198 [ref. 27076], Golani 2005:23 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:60 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:25 [ref. 36649], Møller et al. 2010:33 [ref. 31169], Page et al. 2013:89 [ref. 32708], Goren & Galil 2015:515 [ref. 33910], Bañón et al. 2016:312 [ref. 34397], Hulley 2016:1884 [ref. 34576], Nión et al. 2016:38 [ref. 35565], Carneiro et al. 2019:115 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36864], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:44 [ref. 37828], Kovačić et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37519], Sutton et al. 2020:172 [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], Simian et al. 2022:375 [ref. 40776], Page et al. 2023:94 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe 1839). Myctophidae: Lampanyctinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Atlantic. Habitat: marine.