Melanostigma Günther [A.] 1881:20 Neut. Melanostigma gelatinosum Günther 1881. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Melanostigma Günther 1881 -- (Andriashev 1973:547 [ref. 7214], Anderson 1984:578 [ref. 13634], Toyoshima in Masuda et al. 1984:309 [ref. 6441], Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1148 [ref. 13677], Anderson 1986:343 [ref. 5633], Anderson 1988:61 [ref. 7304], Paxton et al. 1989:322 [ref. 12442], Anderson 1990:269 [ref. 21695], Miller 1993:641 [ref. 21297], Anderson 1994:36 [ref. 21438], Anderson 2001:3494 [ref. 26279], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:678 [ref. 25968], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:7 [ref. 27603], Paxton et al. 2006:964 [ref. 28994], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:31 [ref. 36649], Balushkin et al. 2011:969 [ref. 32449], Møller & Anderson 2015:1428 [ref. 34289], Balushkin & Moganova 2017:131 [ref. 35279], Balushkin & Moganova 2018:136 [ref. 35877], Balushkin & Orlovskaya 2019:135 [ref. 36664], Balushkin 2019:283 [ref. 36807], Orlovskaya & Balushkin 2019:499 [ref. 37050], Orlovskaya & Balushkin 2020:681 [ref. 37859], Orlovskaya & Balushkin 2020:900 [ref. 38033]). Current status: Valid as Melanostigma Günther 1881. Zoarcidae: Gymnelinae.