FAMILY Scombropidae Gill, 1862 - gnomefishes [=Scombropinae] Notes: Scombropinae Gill, 1862k:237 [ref. 1664] (subfamily) Scombrops [stem changed to Scombropis- by Bleeker 1876b:335 [ref. 448]; family name sometimes seen as Scombropsidae] GENUS Scombrops Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 - gnomefishes [=Scombrops Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.], 1845:118, Latebrus Poey [F.], 1860:168, Telescopias Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.], 1901:909] Notes: [ref. 4373]. Masc. Scombrops cheilodipteroides Bleeker, 1853. Type by subsequent monotypy. Original description without species; one species added by Bleeker 1853:9 [ref. 340] and 1857:58 [ref. 357]. •Valid as Scombrops Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:152 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:563 [ref. 5660], Heemstra 1999:2651 [ref. 24791], Heemstra 2003:1300 [ref. 27043] in Acropomatidae, Shinohara et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31715]). Current status: Valid as Scombrops Temminck & Schlegel, 1845. Scombropidae. (Latebrus) [ref. 3499]. Masc. Latebrus oculatus Poey, 1860. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Scombrops Temminck & Schlegel, 1845. Current status: Synonym of Scombrops Temminck & Schlegel, 1845. Scombropidae. (Telescopias) [ref. 2511]. Masc. Telescopias gilberti Jordan & Snyder, 1901. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Scombrops Temminck & Schlegel, 1845. Current status: Synonym of Scombrops Temminck & Schlegel, 1845. Scombropidae. Species Scombrops boops (Houttuyn, 1782) – boops gnomefish [=Labrus boops Houttuyn [M.], 1782:326, Scombrops dubius Gilchrist [J. D. F.], 1922:66, Pl. 11 (fig. 1)] Notes: [Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem v. 20 (pt 2); ref. 2220] Japan. Current status: Valid as Scombrops boops (Houttuyn, 1782). Scombropidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine. (dubius) [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 2 (art. 3); ref. 1648] Off South Africa, Pickle stations 152 and 118 depth 160-207 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Scombrops boops (Houttuyn, 1782). Scombropidae. Habitat: marine. Species Scombrops gilberti (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) – Gilbert's gnomefish [=Telescopias gilberti Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.], 1901:909, Pl. 44] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1240); ref. 2511] Between Misaki and Oshima Island, Japan. Current status: Valid as Scombrops gilberti (Jordan & Snyder, 1901). Scombropidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Scombrops oculatus (Poey, 1860) – Atlantic gnomefish [=Latebrus oculatus Poey [F.], 1860:168, Pl. 14 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Current status: Valid as Scombrops oculatus (Poey, 1860). Scombropidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic (perhaps Cosmopolitan in warm seas). Habitat: marine.