Hapalogenys Richardson [J.] 1844:462 Fem. Hapalogenys nitens Richardson 1844. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:271 [ref. 447]. Johnson 1984:465 [ref. 9681] placed in Percoidei incertae sedis. Springer & Raasch 1995:93, 104 [ref. 25656] used the family name Hapalogenidae for this genus. The correct spelling is Hapalogenyidae and the family-group name was correctly proposed by Parenti 2019 [ref. 36744]. •Valid as Hapalogenys Richardson 1844 -- (Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:173 [ref. 6441], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:129 [ref. 24256], McKay 2001:2962 [ref. 26103], Iwatsuki & Nakabo 2005:854 [ref. 28526], Iwatsuki & Russell 2006:30 [ref. 28928], Allen et al. 2006:1219 [ref. 29090], Ren & Zhang 2007:837 [ref. 32149] in Hapalogenyidae, Mohapatra et al. 2013:367 [ref. 32925], Matsunuma et al. 2017:73 [ref. 35371], Motomura et al. 2017:142 [ref. 35490], Gill & Leis 2019:22 [ref. 36999] in Lobotidae, Parenti 2019:81 [ref. 36744]). Current status: Valid as Hapalogenys Richardson 1844. Lobotidae.