Malacanthus Cuvier [G.] 1829:264 Masc. Coryphaena plumieri Bloch 1786. Type by monotypy; other species mentioned in synonymy. •Valid as Malacanthus Cuvier 1829 -- (Dooley 1978:54 [ref. 5499], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:152 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:614 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:566 [ref. 12442], Dooley 1999:2636 [ref. 24837], Dooley 2003:1398 [ref. 27086], Paxton et al. 2006:1128 [ref. 28995], Allen 2007:101 [ref. 29223], Satapoomin 2009:112 [ref. 30463], Trnski 2015:1235 [ref. 34198], Fricke et al. 2018:177 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:81 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:142 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Malacanthus Cuvier 1829. Malacanthidae.