Alepocephalus Risso [A.] 1820:270 Masc. Alepocephalus rostratus Risso 1820. Type by monotypy. Alepidocephalus Agassiz 1846:14 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Alepocephalus Risso 1820 -- (Krefft 1973:86 [ref. 7166], Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:228 [ref. 13675], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:42 [ref. 6441], Markle 1986:219 [ref. 5687], Paxton et al. 1989:209 [ref. 12442], Sazonov & Markle 1990:111 [ref. 21681], Gomon et al. 1994:242 [ref. 22532], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1892 [ref. 24739], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:165 [ref. 25968], Carter & Hartel 2003:876 [ref. 27000], Hoese et al. 2006:385 [ref. 29035], Williams & Sazonov 2008:202 [ref. 30623], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:118 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:112 [ref. 33547], Williams & Stewart 2015:359 [ref. 34243], Bañón et al. 2016:306 [ref. 34397], Robertson et al. 2017:38 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:63 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:58 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Alepocephalus Risso 1820. Alepocephalidae.