Channichthys Richardson [J.] 1844:461 Masc. Channichthys rhinoceratus Richardson 1844. Type by monotypy. Changed to Chaenicthys by Richardson 1844:12 [ref. 3740] and to Chaenichthys by Richardson 1848 [ref. 3740]. •Valid as Channichthys Richardson 1844 -- (Stevens et al. 1984:563 [ref. 13633] as Chaenichthys, Iwami 1985:57 [ref. 13368], Iwami & Kock 1990:386 [ref. 21699], Miller 1993:418 [ref. 21297], Shandikov 1995:4 [ref. 22659], Shandikov 1995:3 [ref. 22660], Balushkin 1996:9 [ref. 23191], Eastman & Eakin 2000:17 [ref. 24631], Voskoboinikova 2000:329 [ref. 25153], Balushkin 2000:S98 [ref. 29555], Shandikov 2008:123 [ref. 30472], Shandikov 2011:126 [ref. 32234], Nikolaeva 2019:561 [ref. 37779], Sheiko 2019:54 [ref. 37173], Nikolaeva 2020:485 [ref. 38111]). Current status: Valid as Channichthys Richardson 1844. Channichthyidae.