Idiacanthus Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1877:846 Masc. Idiacanthus fasciola Peters 1877. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Idiacanthus Peters 1877 -- (Gibbs 1964:513 [ref. 6961], Krueger 1973:144 [ref. 7177], Kawaguchi & Moser 1984:171 [ref. 13642], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:371 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:53 [ref. 6441], Fink 1985:11 [ref. 5171], Hulley 1986:234 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:208 [ref. 12442], Gon 1990:129 [ref. 21680], Gomon et al. 1994:263 [ref. 22532], Harold 1999:1915 [ref. 24741], Harold 2003:900 [ref. 27001], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:259 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:453 [ref. 28994], Kenaley et al. 2008:252 [ref. 30630], Stewart & Kenaley 2015:522 [ref. 34250], Fricke et al. 2018:68 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Idiacanthus Peters 1877. Stomiidae: Idiacanthinae.