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Genus Myctophum Rafinesque 
Myotophum RAFINESQUE, Ind. Itt. Slcll., 1810, p. 56. 
Type Myctophum punctatum RAFINESQUE, monotypic. 
Myctophus CO GGO, Giorn. Sci. Lett. Sicilia, vol. 24, 
No. 77, 1829, p. 44. Type Myctophum pu nctatus RAF¬ 
INESQUE. 
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Nychtophus COCCO, Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna, vol. 2, 
1838, p. 180. Type Myctophum punctatum RAFINESQUE, 
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Scopelus CUVIER, Regna Animal, vol. 2, 1817, p. 56. 
Type Gasteropelecus humholdti RISSO, designated by 
GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, p. 70. 
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Alysia (not ) LOWE, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1839, 
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p. 87. Type Alysia lorlcata LOWE, monotypic. 
Dasyscopelus GtfNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 5, 
1864, p. 405. Type Myctophum asperum R ICHARDSON, 
designated by GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 
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p. 91. 
