Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative combinations: Berycidarum splendidus, Diaphus (Lamprossa) splendidum
Belongs to Scopelus according to W. Weiler 1950
See also Fraser-Brunner 1949, Girone et al. 2006, Holec 1975 and Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
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 sulcatus, Scopelus tenuis, Scopelus tutamoensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Scopelus splendidus in the database
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