Chiasmodon Johnson [J. Y.] 1864:408 Masc. Chiasmodon niger Johnson 1864. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Johnson 1864:76 [ref. 2358]. Spelled Chiasmodus by Günther 1864:435 [ref. 1974]. •Valid as Chiasmodon Johnson 1864 -- (Krefft 1973:452 [ref. 7166], Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984:221 [ref. 6441], Johnson & Keene in Whitehead et al. 1986:957 [ref. 13676], Johnson & Keene 1986:731 [ref. 6303], Mooi & Paxton 2001:3496 [ref. 26280], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:788 [ref. 25968], McEachran & Sutton 2003:1743 [ref. 27107], Parin 2003:S19 [ref. 28536], Bray & Hoese 2006:1480 [ref. 29049], Melo et al. 2007:33 [ref. 29307], Prokofiev 2008:209 [ref. 29559], Melo 2009:584 [ref. 30374], Prokofiev & Kukuev 2009:899 [ref. 30607] dated 1863, Prokofiev 2010:503 [ref. 31018], Melo 2010:9 [ref. 31058], Prokofiev 2011:695 [ref. 31701], Parin et al. 2014:461 [ref. 33547], Prokofiev 2014:643 [ref. 34633], Melo & Stewart 2015:1448 [ref. 34290], Bañón et al. 2016:323 [ref. 34397], Melo 2016:2 [ref. 34898], Robertson et al. 2017:95 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:300 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Chiasmodon Johnson 1864. Chiasmodontidae.