Hoplostethus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:469 Masc. Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier 1829. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Hoplostethus Cuvier 1829 -- (Nielsen 1973:340 [ref. 6885], Woods & Sonoda 1973:305 [ref. 6899], Paulin 1979:73 [ref. 6918], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:109 [ref. 6441], Maul in Whitehead et al. 1986:750 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:411 [ref. 5660], Kotlyar 1986:100 [ref. 6004], Paxton et al. 1989:366 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:401 [ref. 22532], Kotlyar 1996:130 [ref. 23292], Moore & Paxton 1999:2216 [ref. 24787], Moore 2003:1185 [ref. 27002], Paxton et al. 2006:769 [ref. 29074], Gomon 2008:189 [ref. 29957], Gomon 2008:423 [ref. 30616], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:27 [ref. 36649], Moore & Dodd 2010:137 [ref. 30876], Kotlyar 2011:484 [ref. 32455], Roberts & Gomon 2012:341 [ref. 32372], Fricke et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33930], Roberts & Gomon 2015:1012 [ref. 34279], Bañón et al. 2016:318 [ref. 34397], Vinu et al. 2016:[1] [ref. 35335], Motomura et al. 2017:59 [ref. 35490], Robertson et al. 2017:75 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:111 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:44 [ref. 36273], Su et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39388]). Current status: Valid as Hoplostethus Cuvier 1829. Trachichthyidae.