Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative spelling: Scopelus
Parent taxon: Myctophum according to A. Fraser-Brunner 1949
See also Frost 1934
Sister taxa: Myctophum (Myctophum), Myctophum (Nasolychnus), Myctophum affine, Myctophum americanum, Myctophum antelaternatum, Myctophum arcanum, Myctophum asperum, Myctophum bortonensis, Myctophum braueri, Myctophum columnae, Myctophum danielli, Myctophum degraciai, Myctophum dorsale, Myctophum evermanni, Myctophum fibulatum, Myctophum gilberti, Myctophum hollandi, Myctophum imitata, Myctophum jacksoni, Myctophum laternatum, Myctophum licatae, Myctophum longipes, Myctophum luetkeni, Myctophum lychnobium, Myctophum margaritatum, Myctophum mundulum, Myctophum murbani, Myctophum nitidulum, Myctophum obtusirostris, Myctophum oroseinum, Myctophum praepterotum, Myctophum pulchrum, Myctophum punctatum, Myctophum renschi, Myctophum robustus, Myctophum selenops, Myctophum simile, Myctophum spinosum, Myctophum splendidum, Myctophum tamumuensis, Myctophum tenellum, Myctophum tenisoni, Myctophum tenuiforme, Myctophum townsendi, Myctophum unicum, Myctophum weileri, Scopelus (Myctophum) macrochir
Subtaxa: Myctophum (Scopelus) evermani Myctophum (Scopelus) humboldti Myctophum (Scopelus) rufinum Scopelus argenteus Scopelus biarritzensis Scopelus ellipticus Scopelus excavatus Scopelus fragilis Scopelus frosti Scopelus incisus Scopelus kokeni Scopelus lacertosus Scopelus laminatus Scopelus latirostratus Scopelus mammatus Scopelus mediterraneus Scopelus obliquus Scopelus papuensis Scopelus pulcher Scopelus regularis Scopelus splendidus Scopelus sulcatus Scopelus tenuis Scopelus tutamoensis
Distribution:
• Neogene of Indonesia (2 collections)
• Miocene of Italy (1), New Zealand (16), Romania (2), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 25 collections including 36 occurrences