Hephaestus De Vis [C. W.] 1884:399 Masc. Hephaestus tulliensis De Vis 1884. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977:32 [ref. 5183]). •Valid as Hephaestus De Vis 1884 -- (Vari 1978:279 [ref. 4514], Allen 1984 [ref. 6243], Paxton et al. 1989:533 [ref. 12442], Allen 1991:122 [ref. 21090], Allen et al. 2006:1334 [ref. 29004], Morgan 2011:16 [ref. 31262], Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013] but not monophyletic, Shelley et al. 2017:24 [ref. 35712]). Current status: Valid as Hephaestus De Vis 1884. Terapontidae.