Echiostoma Lowe [R. T.] 1843:87 Neut. Echiostoma barbatum Lowe 1843. Type by monotypy. Echiostomias is a misspelling. •Valid as Echiostoma Lowe 1843 -- (Morrow in Morrow & Gibbs 1964:480 [ref. 6962], Morrow 1973:137 [ref. 7175], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:345 [ref. 13675], Kawaguchi & Moser 1984:171 [ref. 13642], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:52 [ref. 6441], Fink 1985:11 [ref. 5171], Gibbs 1986:238 [ref. 5655], Paxton et al. 1989:198 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:257 [ref. 22532], Harold 1999:1913 [ref. 24741], Harold 2003:910 [ref. 27001], Paxton et al. 2006:445 [ref. 28995], Kenaley et al. 2008:248 [ref. 30630], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:502 [ref. 34248], Brown et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Echiostoma Lowe 1843. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae.