Niphon Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:131 Masc. Niphon spinosus Cuvier 1828. Type by monotypy. Appeared as Niphons in Griffith & Smith 1834:106 [ref. 1908]. •See Craig & Hastings 2007:6 [ref. 29046]. •Valid as Niphon Cuvier 1828 -- (Johnson 1983 [ref. 5675], Kendall 1984:500 [ref. 13663], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:124 [ref. 6441] in Percichthyidae, Johnson 1988:7 [ref. 6691], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:250 [ref. 27443], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2444 [ref. 24815], Shinohara et al. 2011:48 [ref. 31715], Parenti & Randall 2020:109 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Niphon Cuvier 1828. Niphonidae.