Species that contain: Pseudoscopelus and altipinnis [ 3 ] records

altipinnis, Pseudoscopelus Parr [A. E.] 1933:41, Fig. 18 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 6); ref. 3373] Off Cat Island, Bahamas, 24°51'N, 76°28'W, 8,000 feet wire out. Holotype: YPM 2798. Paratypes: YPM 2800 (1). Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:9 [ref. 16741]. •Valid as Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Parr 1933 -- (Krefft 1973:453 [ref. 7166], Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:404 [ref. 14275], Johnson & Keene in Whitehead et al. 1986:960 [ref. 13676], Pequeño 1989:64 [ref. 14125], Santos et al. 1997:128 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:98 [ref. 24952], Porteiro et al. 1999:42 [ref. 24203], Trunov 1999:467 [ref. 24579], Meléndez C. & Cancino A. 2000:3 [ref. 37224], Mooi & Paxton 2001:3496 [ref. 26280], McEachran & Sutton 2003:1743 [ref. 27107], Figueiredo et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:94 [ref. 27192], Prokofiev & Kukuev 2005:752 [ref. 28534] also with a cf. altipinnis on p. 760, McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:560 [ref. 28815], Duhamel et al. 2005:376 [ref. 32059], Prokofiev & Kukuev 2006:179 [ref. 28617], Melo et al. 2007:34 [ref. 29307], Spitz et al. 2007:335 [ref. 29400], Prokofiev & Kukuev 2008:36, 149 [ref. 29599], Costa & Mincarone 2010:354 [ref. 37483], Melo 2010:36 [ref. 31058], Prokofiev 2011:707 [ref. 31701], Prokofiev 2014:646 [ref. 34633], Smith in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2766 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:290 [ref. 37250], Iglésias et al. 2020:296 [ref. 37987], Sutton et al. 2020:287 [ref. 37832], Bañón et al. 2021:8 [ref. 40417], Fermon et al. 2022:212 [ref. 39448] with question, Page et al. 2023:116 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Parr 1933. Chiasmodontidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. Habitat: marine.

microps, Pseudoscopelus Fowler [H. W.] 1934:359, Fig. 110 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933); ref. 1416] Gulf of Boni, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Albatross station 5651, depth 700 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 93139. USNM 240669 and 240670 are identified as P. microps from Bermuda; otherwise known only from the holotype. •Valid as Pseudoscopelus microps Fowler 1934 -- (Prokofiev & Kukuev 2005:749 [ref. 28534], Prokofiev & Kukuev 2006:159 [ref. 28617]). •Synonym of Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Parr 1933 -- (Melo et al. 2007:34 [ref. 29307], Spitz et al. 2007:335 [ref. 29400], Melo 2010:37 [ref. 31058], Prokofiev 2011:707 [ref. 31701]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Parr 1933. Chiasmodontidae. Distribution: Indonesia and Bermuda [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

paxtoni, Pseudoscopelus Melo [M. R. S.] 2010:42, Figs. 16B, 17B, 18A, 19A-B, 28H [Zootaxa No. 2710; ref. 31058] Off Chatham Islands, at East Chatham Rise, 42°39'S, 176°57'W, New Zealand, Tasman Sea, depth 1409 meters. Holotype: NMNZ P.28657. Paratypes: NMNZ P.18068 (1), P.20235 (1), P.20236 (1), P.21272 (1), P. 24155 (1), P.24161 (1), P.24255 (1), P.25805 (1), P.25806 (1), P.36790 (1), P.37858 (1), P.38679 (1); SIO 07-164 [ex NMNZ P.28793] (1); USNM 391143 [ex NMNZ P.28700] (1). Plus one non-type specimen. •Synonym of Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Parr 1933 -- (Prokofiev 2011:707 [ref. 31701]). •Valid as Pseudoscopelus paxtoni Melo 2010 -- (Melo & Stewart 2015:1456 [ref. 34290]). Current status: Valid as Pseudoscopelus paxtoni Melo 2010. Chiasmodontidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Australia, Chatham Islands to New Zealand [if valid]. Habitat: marine.