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Genus Scopelopsis Brauer 
Scopelopsis BRAUER, Deutsch. Tiefsee Exp. Valdivia , vol. 15, 
Tiefsee-Fische, 1906, p. 146. Type Scopelopsis multipunctatus 
BRAUER, monotypic. 
Body elongate, tapers back from head. Head large, forms greatest 
body depth. Eye large, smaller with age. Maxillary reaches beyond middle 
of head, very slightly expanded posteriorly. Opercles large. Pseudo¬ 
branchiae present. Branchiostegals 9 or 10. Air bladder well developed. 
Scales with denticulate edges. Small photophore below each scale. Dorsal 
origin premedian. Adipose fin present. Anal begins below middle of dorsal, 
fin similar to dorsal. Caudal emerginate. Pectoral little shorter than 
ventral. 
Allied with Myctophum but differing chiefly in the presence of a small 
photophore below every scale on body. 
