Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Belongs to Scopelus according to Weinfurter 1952
Sister taxa: 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 tutamoensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Scopelus tenuis in the database
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