Aphanopus Lowe [R. T.] 1839:79 Masc. Aphanopus carbo Lowe 1839. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Aphanopus Lowe 1839 -- (Parin 1983 [ref. 5304], Collette et al. 1984:600 [ref. 11421], Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:227 [ref. 6441], Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:977 [ref. 13676], Nakamura 1986:829 [ref. 5696], Nakamura & Parin 1993:64 [ref. 21769], Parin 1994:740 [ref. 22089], Gago 1997:161 [ref. 23513], Gago 1998:10 [ref. 25565], Nakamura & Parin 2001:3711 [ref. 26304], Parin & Nakamura 2003:1826 [ref. 27115], Parin 2003:S26 [ref. 28536], Bray et al. 2006:1762 [ref. 29091], Biscoito et al. 2011:19 [ref. 31349], Parin et al. 2014:509 [ref. 33547], Stewart 2015:1618 [ref. 34196], Bañón et al. 2016:324 [ref. 34397], Brown et al. 2019:172 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Aphanopus Lowe 1839. Trichiuridae: Aphanopodinae.