[1] Scopelopsis multipunctatus has round eyes, a long and slender body, and a forked homocercal caudal fin.

[2] Scopelopsis multipunctatus' larvae are slender and range in size anywhere from 5-18 mm (0.2-0.7 in), with its head spanning about a quarter of the body length.

[2] Their eyes are large at younger stages and decrease in size relative to their head over time.

[2] Photophores also develop along the ventral half of the body during the larval stages of the multispotted lanternfish.

[1] The diet of Scopelopsis multipunctatus consists of copepods; amphipods and euphausiids; larval molluscs, ostracods, polychaetes, and siphonophores; and salps.