Extant Neoscopelus otoliths from Taiwan. Scale bars = 1 mm. Images are inner views. a–d Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson, 1863, a 25 Mar. 2022, 110.61 mm SL, CHLOL 15935, b 25 Mar. 2022, 75.78 mm SL, CHLOL 16588, c, 25 Mar. 2022, 75.55 mm SL, CHLOL 15902, d, 25 Mar. 2022, 60.10 mm SL, CHLOL 16592. e–h Neoscopelus microchir Matsubara, 1943, e, 21 Jan. 2021, 171.07 mm SL, CHLOL 3283, f 21 Jan. 2021, 116.36 mm SL, CHLOL 3287, g 19 Feb. 2020, 60.75 mm SL, CHLOL 819, h 29 Jul. 2021, 95.46 mm SL, CHLOL 8208. i–l Neoscopelus porosus Arai, 1969, i 24 Jan. 2021, 120.58 mm SL, CHLOL 2127, j 29 Dec. 2021, 100.18 mm SL, CHLOL 13389, k 24 Jan. 2021, 55.30 mm SL, CHLOL 2136, l 19 Feb. 2020, 78.81 mm SL, CHLOL 824