pseudobscura, Sternoptyx Baird [R. C.] 1971:72, Fig. 54 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 142 (no. 1); ref. 7665] Western Atlantic, 1°20'S, 27°37'W to 1°26'S, 27°33'W. Holotype: MCZ 46400. Paratypes: MCZ 46401 (5). •Valid as Sternoptyx pseudobscura Baird 1971 -- (Baird 1973:123 [ref. 7173], Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:141 [ref. 14275], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:316 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:48 [ref. 6441], Baird 1986:259 [ref. 6288], Matarese et al. 1989:103 [ref. 26885], Paxton et al. 1989:193 [ref. 12442], McAllister 1990:90 [ref. 14674], Quéro et al. 1990:281 [ref. 14659], Shinohara et al. 1996:161 [ref. 26605], Santos et al. 1997:33 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:34 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:438 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:88 [ref. 24106], Harold 1999:1902 [ref. 24741], Nakabo 2000:314 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:590 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:314 [ref. 26001], Harold 2003:892 [ref. 27001], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:45 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:184 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:37 [ref. 37547], Shinohara et al. 2005:405 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:171 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:251 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:428 [ref. 28995], Costa & Mincarone 2010:312 [ref. 37483], Møller et al. 2010:29 [ref. 31169], Fricke et al. 2011:357 [ref. 31242], Lima et al. 2011:44 [ref. 31116], Harold 2016:1795 [ref. 34568], Brown et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36444], Burton & Lea 2019:99 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:91 [ref. 37250], Fricke et al. 2019:61 [ref. 36673], Reiner 2019:92 [ref. 38139], Eduardo et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37626], Sutton et al. 2020:75 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:57 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:170 [ref. 39448], Villarins et al. 2022:23 [ref. 39442], Page et al. 2023:85 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Sternoptyx pseudobscura Baird 1971. Sternoptychidae: Sternoptychinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical waters. Habitat: marine.