Species that contain: Scopelogadus and beanii [ 3 ] records

beanii, Melamphaes Günther [A.] 1887:29 [Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger v. 22 (pt 57); ref. 2013] Western North Atlantic. Syntypes: USNM 33378 (1), 33509 (1), 34835 (1). Text unclear, but regarded as a replacement name for Plectromus crassiceps Bean 1885, secondarily preoccupied by Scopelus crassiceps Günther 1878 when both are placed in Melamphaes. •Valid as Scopelogadus beanii (Günther 1887) [sometimes as beani] -- (Ebeling & Weed 1963:24 [ref. 4616], Maul 1973:344 [ref. 7171], Maul in Whitehead et al. 1986:765 [ref. 13676], Ebeling 1986:431 [ref. 5651], Scott & Scott 1988:321 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:372 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:53 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:156 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:131 [ref. 14674] as beani, Maul 1990:618 [ref. 17237], Kotlyar 1996:276 [ref. 23292], Santos et al. 1997:70 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:77 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:978 [ref. 23897], Porteiro et al. 1999:41 [ref. 24203], Moore 2003:1163 [ref. 27002], Moore et al. 2003:218 [ref. 27076], Paxton et al. 2006:749 [ref. 28995], Bray 2008:411 [ref. 30620], Møller et al. 2010:48 [ref. 31169] as beani, Stewart & Bray 2015:989 [ref. 34276], Moore 2016:2165 [ref. 34570], Brown et al. 2019:162 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:153 [ref. 37250], Iglésias et al. 2019:280 [ref. 37098], Kotlyar 2019:508[642] [ref. 37920], Sutton et al. 2020:246 [ref. 37832], Kotlyar 2021:807 [ref. 38954], Fermon et al. 2022:202 [ref. 39448]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Scopelogadus beanii (Günther 1887). Melamphaidae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal; Atlantic between 65°N and 40°S, Indian and Pacific oceans between 28°-47°S. Habitat: marine.

crassiceps, Plectromus Bean [T. H.] 1885:73 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 8 (no. 486); ref. 14440] Western North Atlantic, 41°40'30"N, 65°35'00"W, Albatross station 2094, depth 855 fathoms, 39°44'30"N, 71°04'00"W, Albatross station 2106, depth 1022 fathoms. Syntypes: USNM 33378 (1), 33509 (1), 34835 (1); not USNM 33553 (1). Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Scopelus crassiceps Günther 1878 when both are placed in same genus; replaced by Melamphaes beanii Günther 1887. •Objective synonym of Scopelogadus beanii (Günther 1887) -- (Ebeling & Weed 1963:15 [ref. 4616], Maul 1973:344 [ref. 7171], Paxton et al. 1989:372 [ref. 12442], Maul 1990:618 [ref. 17237] as crassipes, Kotlyar 2004:6 [ref. 27590], Paxton et al. 2006:749 [ref. 28995], Kotlyar 2019:508[642] [ref. 37920]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Scopelogadus beanii (Günther 1887). Melamphaidae. Habitat: marine.

eurylepis, Melamphaes Holt [E. W. L.] & Byrne [L. W.] 1906:19, Pl. 1 (figs. 1-2) [Fisheries, Ireland, Scientific Investigations 1905, v. 2; ref. 15660] 50 miles west by north of Eagle Island, County Mayo, 54°57'N, 10°05'W, Ireland, depth 0-700 fathoms. Holotype: BMNH 1907.11.1.1. Paratypes: (2). •Synonym of Scopelogadus beanii (Günther 1887) -- (Ebeling & Weed 1963:24 [ref. 4616], Maul 1973:344 [ref. 7171], Kotlyar 2004:7 [ref. 27590], Kotlyar 2019:508[642] [ref. 37920]). Current status: Synonym of Scopelogadus beanii (Günther 1887). Melamphaidae. Habitat: marine.