Scopelidae

Translingual

Etymology

Scopelus +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Scopelidae

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic family within the order Teleostei – certin deep-water teleostean fishes, the type genus now synonymised with genus Myctophum and most species in Scopelidae now in family Myctophidae (lanternfishes).

Related terms

• Neoscopelidae (blackchins)

References

• “Scopelidae”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Scopelus at World Register of Marine Species
• Myctophidae at World Register of Marine Species