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Genus Neoscopelus Johnson 
Neoscopelus JOHNSON, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1863, p. 44. Type 
Neoscopelus maerolepidotus JOHNSON, monotypic. 
Body oblong, compressed, somewhat robust. Head conic. Snout 
depressed, rather long. Maxillary expanded terminally, with small 
supplemental bone. Upper mouth border formed entirely of premaxillary 
each side. Mouth cleft wide, oblique, not nearly reaching preopercle 
angle. Lower jaw slightly protrudes. Teeth in bands in jaws, on 
palatines, vomer ahd also patches on ectopterygoids. Gill membranes 
separated, slightly overlap at chin. Gill rakers long, slender. 
Pseudobranchiae large. Branchiostegals 8 or 9. Air bladder large. Scales 
large, cycloid, caducous, with photophore below and surfaces of each with 
minute spinules. Luminous glands on head and mandibular rami* Lateral 
line present. Dorsal origin over ventral origin, fin short, premedian 
in body. Adipose fin present. Anal short, behind dorsal or origin well 
postmedian. Oaudal forked. Pectoral long, lateral, lower rays not 
especially thick, reach middle of body. Ventral short. 
