Species that contain: Myctophum and nitidulum [ 3 ] records

margaritatum, Myctophum Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:596, Pl. 68 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Off southern coast of Molokai Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3830, from the surface. Holotype: USNM 51536. Paratypes: (62) CAS-SU 8573 (1), 8624 (11); USNM 51520 (1), 51528-36 (4, 3, 1, 1, 2, 5, 9, 3, 1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:20 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:172 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:16 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:453 [ref. 15273], Mundy 2005:229 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

nitidulum, Myctophum Garman [S.] 1899:266, Pl. 56 (fig. 3) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Northeast of Hawaiian Islands, 27°50'N, 145°45'30"W, surface. Holotype (unique): MCZ 28493. •Valid as Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:172 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:16 [ref. 6440], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:174 [ref. 14275], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:472 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:66 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:313 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:266 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125], Hulley 1990:453 [ref. 15273], Shinohara et al. 1994:66 [ref. 22800], Paxton et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1321 [ref. 22830], Shinohara et al. 1996:167 [ref. 26605], Santos et al. 1997:49 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:49 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:667 [ref. 23897], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:166 [ref. 24555], Fricke 1999:97 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:14 [ref. 24203], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1963 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:383 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Wang & Chen 2001:116 [ref. 25464], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Chen 2002:141 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:383 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:203, 535 [ref. 26218], Collette et al. 2003:100 [ref. 26784], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:56 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:951 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:202 [ref. 27076], Savinykh et al. 2004:658 [ref. 27937], Love et al. 2005:45 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:229 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:256 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:526 [ref. 28994], Costa & Mincarone 2010:354 [ref. 37483], Fricke et al. 2011:362 [ref. 31242], Shinohara et al. 2014:239 [ref. 33330], Fricke et al. 2014:30 [ref. 33932], Parin et al. 2014:158 [ref. 33547], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:83 [ref. 37485], Robertson & Clements 2015:670 [ref. 34257], Hulley 2016:1916 [ref. 34576], Carneiro et al. 2019:124 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:209 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:70 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:192 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:97 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas. Habitat: marine.

oceanicus, Rhinoscopelus Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:168 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] 10°57'N, 137°35'W, Pacific, southeast of Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50622. Paratypes: USNM 126653 [ex USFC 2736] (1). •Questionably a synonym of Myctophum affine (Lütken 1892) -- (Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440]). •Synonym of Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899 -- (Mundy 2005:229 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.