Cryptopsaras Gill [T. N.] 1883:284 Masc. Cryptopsaras couesii Gill 1883. Type by monotypy. Misspelled or unjustifiably emended to Cryptosparas, Cryptosarus and Cryptosaras by authors (see Pietsch 1986:488 [ref. 5969] and Pietsch 2009:328 [ref. 30766]). Incorrectly spelled Cryptosparas in Beebe 1934:191 [ref. 247]. •Valid as Cryptopsaras Gill 1883 -- (Maul 1973:674 [ref. 7171], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:108 [ref. 6441], Bertelsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1404 [ref. 13677], Pietsch 1986:374 [ref. 5704], Pietsch 1986 [ref. 5969], Paxton et al. 1989:294 [ref. 12442], Pietsch 1999:2035 [ref. 24766], Anderson & Leslie 2001:20 [ref. 26165], Anderson & Leslie 2001:22 [ref. 26165], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:301 [ref. 25968], Pietsch 2003:1067 [ref. 27014], Paxton & Gates 2006:666 [ref. 29007], Pietsch 2008:387 [ref. 30637], Pietsch 2009:323, 328 [ref. 30766], Parin et al. 2014:188 [ref. 33547], Stewart & Pietsch 2015:931 [ref. 34271], Ho et al. 2016:269 [ref. 34483], Brown et al. 2019:181 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Cryptopsaras Gill 1883. Ceratiidae.