Bovichtus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:487 Masc. Callionymus diacanthus Carmichael 1819. Type by monotypy. Spelled Bovichthus by Swainson 1838:86 [ref. 4302] and Bovichthys (by Agassiz 1845:9 [ref. 64]) and Bovicthys by Richardson 1846:56 [ref. 3739]. The family name is correctly Bovichtidae; sometimes misspelled Bovichthyidae in literature. •Valid as Bovichtus Valenciennes 1832 -- (Stevens et al. 1984:563 [ref. 13633], Hardy 1989:1640 [ref. 17671], Gon 1990:277 [ref. 21680], Miller 1993:111 [ref. 21297], Gomon et al. 1994:725 [ref. 22532], Bravo et al. 1999:123 [ref. 24260], Eastman & Eakin 2000:14 [ref. 24631], Balushkin 2000:S96 [ref. 29555], Last et al. 2002:433 [ref. 26017], Hoese & Bray 2006:1477 [ref. 29000], Gomon & Last 2008:668 [ref. 30651], Stewart 2015:1435 [ref. 34196], Balushkin 2016:499 [ref. 35400], Sheiko 2019:51 [ref. 37173]). Current status: Valid as Bovichtus Valenciennes 1832. Bovichtidae.