Derichthys Gill [T. N.] 1884:433 Masc. Derichthys serpentinus Gill 1884. Type by monotypy. Derichtys is a misspelling. •Valid as Derichthys Gill 1884 -- (Blache et al. 1973:244 [ref. 7185], Karmovskaya 1985:885 [ref. 21815], Bauchot & Saldanha in Whitehead et al. 1986:575 with author as Schmidt 1930, Castle 1986:192 [ref. 5644], Robins 1989:424 [ref. 13289], Smith 1999:1672 [ref. 24661], Smith 2003:735 [ref. 26989], Paxton et al. 2006:281 [ref. 28995], Smith & Stewart 2015:260 [ref. 34234], Fricke et al. 2018:47 [ref. 35805], Brown et al. 2019:156 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Derichthys Gill 1884. Derichthyidae.