Bathytroctes Günther [A.] 1878:249 Masc. Bathytroctes microlepis Günther 1878. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Jordan 1919:395 [ref. 4904]; Goode & Bean 1896:40 [ref. 1848] wrongly designated B. macrolepis Günther, a species not described until 1887. •Valid as Bathytroctes Günther 1878 -- (Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:236 [ref. 13675], Markle 1986:220 [ref. 5687], Sazonov 1999:734 [ref. 24845], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1891 [ref. 24739], Sazonov & Williams 2001:S31 [ref. 26712], Carter & Hartel 2003:877 [ref. 27000], Hoese et al. 2006:387 [ref. 29035], Williams & Stewart 2015:364 [ref. 34243], Robertson et al. 2017:40 [ref. 35676]). Current status: Valid as Bathytroctes Günther 1878. Alepocephalidae.