Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson 1863

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 67

Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson 1863 — Large-scaled lanternfish

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM material (1 specimen, St. CP 4449-11, north of New Hanover ).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas, but not in most of the eastern Pacific. Bathypelagic, 300–1218 m depth. Marine.