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Ahliesaurus Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall 1976 Ahl, in honor of ichthyologist Elbert H. Ahlstrom (1910–1979), Southwest Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, whose 1972 work on fish larvae of the eastern tropical Pacific is cited by the authors; –ie, probably inserted for euphony; saurus, from saúra (Gr. σαύρα), lizard, a common suffix for aulopiforms (i.e., lizardfishes)
Ahliesaurus berryi Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall 1976 patronym not identified but almost certainly in honor of American marine biologist Frederick H. Berry (1927–2001), U. S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, whose 1964 work on upper-jaw development in teleosts is cited by the authors
Ahliesaurus brevis Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall 1976 Latin for short, referring to its shorter length compared with A. berryi
Luciosudis Fraser-Brunner 1931 lucius (L.), pike (Esocidae), presumably referring to the pike-like shape of its snout; sudis, presumed to be closely related to Sudis (Sudidae) at the time
Luciosudis normani Fraser-Brunner 1931 in honor of English ichthyologist J. R. (John Roxborough) Norman (1898–1944), British Museum (Natural History), for his “many kindnesses”
Scopelosaurus Bleeker 1860 a combination of Scopelus (=Myctophum, Myctophiformes) and Saurus (=Synodus, Synodontidae), having the dentition of the former and the shape of the latter
Scopelosaurus adleri (Fedorov 1967) in honor of Adler, fishery research trawler that collected holotype
Scopelosaurus ahlstromi Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall 1976 in honor of ichthyologist Elbert H. Ahlstrom (1910–1979), Southwest Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, whose 1972 work on fish larvae of the eastern tropical Pacific is cited by the authors
Scopelosaurus argenteus (Maul 1954) Latin for silvery, referring to “very bright silvery” body of paratype; however, according to Bertelsen et al. (1976), Maul’s paratype actually represents S. smithii, while holotype of S. argenteus did not show any trace of silvery coloration (and is now completely bleached)
Scopelosaurus craddocki Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall 1976 patronym not identified but almost certainly in honor of James E. Craddock (1937–2009), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, whose 1970 work on midwater fishes of the South Pacific is cited by the authors
Scopelosaurus gibbsi Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall 1976 patronym not identified but almost certainly in honor of ichthyologist Robert H. Gibbs, Jr. (1929–1988), U.S. National Museum
Scopelosaurus hamiltoni (Waite 1916) in honor of Harold Hamilton (1885–1937), zoologist for the Macquarie Island expedition during which holotype (a mutilated specimen, presumably partially digested and ejected by a seal, found on the beach) was collected; he was the son of Waite’s “old friend,” the late Augustus Hamilton, Director of the Dominion Museum (Wellington, New Zealand), and by a lengthened stay on the island carried into effect his father’s wish to study there after a “disastrous” and abbreviated trip in 1894
Scopelosaurus harryi (Mead 1953) in honor of Robert R. Harry (1928–2015, later known as Robert R. Rofen), Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, for his work on the fishes of the order Iniomi (an obsolete name that historically encompassed Aulopiformes and Myctophiformes)
Scopelosaurus herwigi Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall 1976 patronym not identified but probably in honor of the Walther Herwig, German research vessel that collected holotype (ship is named for a Prussian lawyer and pioneer of German fisheries science who lived 1838–1912)
Scopelosaurus hoedti Bleeker 1860 in honor of Dirk Samuel Hoedt (1815–1893), Secretary of the Government of the Moluccans, who provided holotype and to whom “ichthyology owes the knowledge of many of the rarest fishes of the Moluccan archipelago” (translation)
Scopelosaurus hubbsi Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall 1976 patronym not identified but almost certainly in honor of American ichthyologist Carl L. Hubbs (1894–1979)
Scopelosaurus lepidus (Krefft & Maul 1955) Latin for pleasant, elegant or fine, referring to its extremely slender shape
Scopelosaurus mauli Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall 1976 patronym not identified but almost certainly in honor of ichthyologist-taxidermist Günther Edmund Maul (1909–1997), Museu Municipal do Funchal (Portugal)
Scopelosaurus meadi Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall 1976 patronym not identified but almost certainly in honor of American ichthyologist Giles W. Mead (1928–2003), whose 1953 work on oceanic fishes from off northeastern Japan is cited by the authors, and who described S. argenteus in 1954
Scopelosaurus smithii Bean 1925 in honor of American ichthyologist Hugh M. Smith (1865–1941), who procured holotype while returning to the USA from Argentina via steamer; he was handed a “Rare Fish” that had been brought on board by a large suction hose