Leptoclinus Gill [T. N.] 1861:45 Masc. Clinus aculeatus Reinhardt 1838. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Leptoclinus Gill 1861 -- (Makushok 1973:538 [ref. 6889], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:91 [ref. 7348], Makushok in Whitehead et al. 1986:1127 [ref. 13677], Miki et al. 1987:131 [ref. 6704], Lavrova 1990:49 [ref. 20302], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:744 [ref. 25968], Mecklenburg & Sheiko 2004:11 [ref. 27604], Shinohara & Yabe 2009:396 [ref. 30546], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:129 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:442 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34440]). Current status: Valid as Leptoclinus Gill 1861. Lumpenidae.