Distichodus Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1844:87 Masc. Characinus nefasch Lacepède 1803. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Distichodus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Géry 1977:67 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:185 [ref. 6185] but with wrong date and apparently the wrong type, Paugy & Bénech 1989:300 [ref. 26478], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:243 [ref. 21589], Poll & Gosse 1995:153 [ref. 24781], Dankwa et al. 1999:21 [ref. 28023], Vari 2007:415 [ref. 30023] dated 1845, Oliveira et al. 2011:10 [ref. 31685], Marshall 2011:123 [ref. 31755], Moelants et al. 2014:1707 [ref. 35459], Lavoué et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35377], Moelants et al. 2018:177 [ref. 35738], Abwe et al. 2019:79 [ref. 36905], Schmidt et al. 2021:291 [ref. 38247]). Current status: Valid as Distichodus Müller & Troschel 1844. Distichodontidae.