Scopelidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Scopelidae
- (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).
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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
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