Maurolicus Cocco [A.] 1838:192, 193 [32] Masc. Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus Cocco 1838. Type by monotypy. On pages 32-33 of separate. •Valid as Maurolicus Cocco 1838 -- (Witzell 1973:119 [ref. 7172], 1974:472 [ref. 5174], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:311 [ref. 13675], Ahlstrom et al. 1984:185 [ref. 13643], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:47 [ref. 6441], Weitzman 1986:254 [ref. 6287], Paxton et al. 1989:192 [ref. 12442], Parin & Kobyliansky 1993 [ref. 21208], Parin & Kobyliansky 1996:186 [ref. 22246], Harold 1999:1901 [ref. 24741], Harold 2003:891 [ref. 27001], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:259 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:425 [ref. 28995], Kim et al. 2008:1202 [ref. 29709], Harold & Gomon 2008:232 [ref. 30629], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:22 [ref. 36649], Savinykh & Baytalyuk 2010:148 [ref. 31015], Lima et al. 2011:38 [ref. 31116], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:119 [ref. 31212], Shinohara et al. 2011:39 [ref. 31715], Parin et al. 2014:145 [ref. 33547], Harold et al. 2015:458 [ref. 34249], Bañón et al. 2016:308 [ref. 34397], Golani & Fricke 2018:33 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:60 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Maurolicus Cocco 1838. Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae.