Malakichthys Döderlein [L.] in Steindachner & Döderlein 1883:240 Masc. Malakichthys griseus Döderlein 1883. Type by monotypy. Spelled Malacichthys by Boulenger & Ogilvie-Grant in Zoological Record for 1883. •Valid as Malakichthys Döderlein 1883 -- (Johnson 1984:464 [ref. 9681], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:514 [ref. 12442], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Yamanoue & Yoseda 2001:257 [ref. 25543], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2001:1139 [ref. 25939], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004:512 [ref. 28006], Paxton et al. 2006:977 [ref. 28994], Prokofiev 2007:423 [ref. 29273] in Malakichthyidae, Yamanoue 2016:1 [ref. 34736], Fricke et al. 2019:109 [ref. 36673], Ng et al. 2023:380 [ref. 40626]). Current status: Valid as Malakichthys Döderlein 1883. Malakichthyidae.