Malacocephalus Günther [A.] 1862:396 Masc. Macrourus laevis Lowe 1843. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Malacocephalus Günther 1862 -- (Marshall 1973:292 [ref. 7194], Marshall 1973:650 [ref. 6965], Iwamoto 1979:149 [ref. 2311], Fahay & Markle 1984:274 [ref. 13653], Geistdoerfer in Whitehead et al. 1986:667 [ref. 13676], Iwamoto 1986:337 [ref. 5674], Iwamoto & Arai 1987 [ref. 6779], Paxton et al. 1989:328 [ref. 12442], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:240 [ref. 18936], Gomon et al. 1994:359 [ref. 22532], Iwamoto & Merrett 1997:531 [ref. 23710], Iwamoto & Williams 1999:186 [ref. 23875], Iwamoto 1999:1990 [ref. 24761], Merrett & Iwamoto 2000:769 [ref. 25037], Iwamoto 2003:983 [ref. 27010], Bray et al. 2006:599 [ref. 29065], Iwamoto & McMillan 2008:341 [ref. 30636], Sobrino et al. 2012:696 [ref. 32478], Parin et al. 2014:168 [ref. 33547], McMillan & Iwamoto 2015:816 [ref. 34263], Iwamoto et al. 2015:86 [ref. 35408], Bañón et al. 2016:314 [ref. 34397], Nakayama 2020:238 [ref. 37888]). Current status: Valid as Malacocephalus Günther 1862. Macrouridae.