Species that contain: Gymnoscopelus and piabilis [ 2 ] records

florentii, Myctophum (Nasolychnus) Smith [J. L. B.] 1933:126, Pl. 9 [Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa v. 21 (pt 2); ref. 4063] Bushman's River, near Port Alfred, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 55. •Synonym of Gymnoscopelus piabilis (Whitley 1931) -- (Paxton 1979:11 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1986:301 [ref. 5672], Hulley 1990:160 [ref. 21685]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnoscopelus piabilis (Whitley 1931). Myctophidae: Gymnoscopelinae. Habitat: marine.

piabilis, Lampanyctus Whitley [G. P.] 1931:103, Fig. 1 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 18 (no. 3); ref. 4673] Stranded on beach at Macquarie Island, south of Tasmania. Holotype: AMS IA.504. Paratypes: AMS IA.505 (1). •Valid as Gymnoscopelus piabilis (Whitley 1931) -- (Paxton 1979:11 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1986:301 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:261 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:37 [ref. 14125], Fujii & Saito in Amaoka et al. 1990:142 [ref. 16024], Hulley 1990:160 [ref. 21685], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:54 [ref. 27192], Duhamel et al. 2005:202 [ref. 32059], Paxton et al. 2006:520 [ref. 28994], Paxton & Bray 2008:281 [ref. 30633], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Robertson & Clements 2015:655 [ref. 34257], Nión et al. 2016:38 [ref. 35565], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:41 [ref. 37828], Sutton et al. 2020:189 [ref. 37832] in subgenus Nasolychnus). Current status: Valid as Gymnoscopelus piabilis (Whitley 1931). Myctophidae: Gymnoscopelinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.