Argyropelecus Cocco [A.] 1829:146 Masc. Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco 1829. Type by monotypy. Species originally as emigymnus; usually written hemigymnus. •Valid as Argyropelecus Cocco 1829 -- (Baird 1973:123 [ref. 7173], Weitzman 1974:472 [ref. 5174], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:304 [ref. 13675], Ahlstrom et al. 1984:185 [ref. 13643], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:48 [ref. 6441], Baird 1986:255 [ref. 6288], Paxton et al. 1989:191 [ref. 12442], Gon 1990:123 [ref. 21680], Harold 1993 [ref. 20311], Harold 1999:1901 [ref. 24741], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:220 [ref. 25968], Harold 2003:890 [ref. 27001], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:259 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:424 [ref. 28995], Harold & Gomon 2008:230 [ref. 30629], Fricke et al. 2009:23 [ref. 30213], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:22 [ref. 36649], Lima et al. 2011:38 [ref. 31116], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:119 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:145 [ref. 33547], Harold et al. 2015:453 [ref. 34249], Pietsch & Orr 2015:23 [ref. 34694], Bañón et al. 2016:307 [ref. 34397], Vourey et al. 2017:567 [ref. 35312], Fricke et al. 2018:65 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:60 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Argyropelecus Cocco 1829. Sternoptychidae: Sternoptychinae.