Sternoptyx Hermann [J.] 1781:8, 33 Fem. Sternoptyx diaphana Hermann 1781. Type by monotypy. Sternoptrix and Sternoptix (see Jordan 1917:44 [ref. 2407]) are misspellings. •Valid as Sternoptyx Hermann 1781 -- (Baird 1973:123 [ref. 7173], Weitzman 1974:472 [ref. 5174], Borodulina 1978 [ref. 15486], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:314 [ref. 13675], Ahlstrom et al. 1984:185 [ref. 13643], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:48 [ref. 6441], Baird 1986:258 [ref. 6288], Paxton et al. 1989:193 [ref. 12442], Gon 1990:125 [ref. 21680], Harold 1993:125 [ref. 20311], Harold 1999:1902 [ref. 24741], Harold 2003:891 [ref. 27001], Paxton et al. 2006:428 [ref. 28995], Harold & Gomon 2008:234 [ref. 30629], Lima et al. 2011:42 [ref. 31116], Parin et al. 2014:146 [ref. 33547], Harold et al. 2015:466 [ref. 34249], Bañón et al. 2016:307 [ref. 34397], Vourey et al. 2017:567 [ref. 35312], Robertson et al. 2017:43 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:66 [ref. 35805], Brown et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:61 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Sternoptyx Hermann 1781. Sternoptychidae: Sternoptychinae.