Species that contain: Lampanyctodes and hectoris [ 2 ] records

argenteus, Scopelus Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1904:15, Pl. 36 [Marine Investigations in South Africa v. 3; ref. 1646] Three localities off South Africa. Syntypes: (8) BMNH 1927.12.6.4-6 (3), ?1947.12.27.1-2 (2); SAM 12671-72 (4, 2), 12675 (2). •Synonym of Lampanyctodes hectoris (Günther 1876) -- (Paxton 1979:12 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1986:305 [ref. 5672], Hulley 1990:434 [ref. 15273]). Current status: Synonym of Lampanyctodes hectoris (Günther 1876). Myctophidae: Gymnoscopelinae. Habitat: marine.

hectoris, Scopelus Günther [A.] 1876:399 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 17 (no. 101) (art. 43); ref. 2007] South side of Cook Strait, New Zealand. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1876.2.12.18. •Valid as Lampanyctodes hectoris (Günther 1876) -- (Paxton 1979:12 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1986:305 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:263 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:37 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:116 [ref. 24556], Fujii & Saito in Amaoka et al. 1990:143 [ref. 16024], Hulley 1990:434 [ref. 15273], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:140 [ref. 25472], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Paxton & Bray 2008:285 [ref. 30633], Robertson & Clements 2015:660 [ref. 34257], Hulley 2016:1905 [ref. 34576], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:43 [ref. 37828], Sutton et al. 2020:164 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Lampanyctodes hectoris (Günther 1876). Myctophidae: Gymnoscopelinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.