Xenodermichthys Günther [A.] 1878:250 Masc. Xenodermichthys nodulosus Günther 1878. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Xenodermichthys Günther 1878 -- (Krefft 1973:92 [ref. 7166], Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:252 [ref. 13675], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:43 [ref. 6441], Markle 1986:223 [ref. 5687], Carvalho & Almeida 1988 [ref. 6862], Paxton et al. 1989:211 [ref. 12442], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1890 [ref. 24739], Sazonov & Williams 2001:S27 [ref. 26712], Carter & Hartel 2003:875 [ref. 27000], Hoese et al. 2006:392 [ref. 29035], Williams & Sazonov 2008:206 [ref. 30623], Williams & Stewart 2015:376 [ref. 34243], Bañón et al. 2016:306 [ref. 34397], Fricke et al. 2018:64 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Xenodermichthys Günther 1878. Alepocephalidae.