brachygnathos, Scopelus Bleeker [P.] 1856:65 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1 (6); ref. 352] Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 6932 (2, poor condition). •Valid as Myctophum brachygnathos (Bleeker 1856) (often seen as brachygnathum) -- (Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Paxton et al. 1989:266 [ref. 12442], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1963 [ref. 24748], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Chen 2002:147 [ref. 26587], Mundy 2005:228 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:526 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2014:30 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:68 [ref. 36673] as brachygnathum). •Valid as Dasyscopelus brachygnathos (Bleeker 1856) -- (Martin et al. 2018:83 [ref. 35716] as brachygnathum). Current status: Valid as Dasyscopelus brachygnathos (Bleeker 1856). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.