see text The gnomefishes form a small family, Scombropidae, consisting of three extant species of marine ray-finned fish in the genus Scombrops.

The gnomefish, S. boops, lives in deep rocky areas, down to 400 m. It can grow to 150 cm total length and 16 kg weight.

S. gilberti occurs in the western Pacific including Japan.

The Atlantic scombrops, S. oculatus, is widely found in the subtropical western Atlantic, particularly the Florida and Bahamas area.

It is a deepwater fish, caught by anglers between 200 and 610 m. The following species are classified within the genus Scombrops:[4] The Scombropidae have been put forward as the sister taxon to the Pempheridae by some authorities.