Thyrsites Lesson [R. P.] 1831:158 Masc. Thyrsites lepidopodea Lesson 1831. Type by monotypy. Predates Thyrsites Cuvier 1832. •Valid as Thyrsites Lesson 1831 -- (Collette et al. 1984:600 [ref. 11421], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:270 [ref. 14235], Nakamura 1986:828 [ref. 5696], Nakamura & Parin 1993:54 [ref. 21769] but author as Cuvier, Gomon et al. 1994:815 [ref. 22532], Bray & Hoese 2006:1759 [ref. 29049], Gomon 2008:779 [ref. 30616], Stewart 2015:1614 [ref. 34196]). Current status: Valid as Thyrsites Lesson 1831. Gempylidae.