Polyipnus Günther [A.] 1887:170 Masc. Polyipnus spinosus Günther 1887. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Polyipnus Günther 1887 -- (Weitzman 1974:472 [ref. 5174], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:312 [ref. 13675], Ahlstrom et al. 1984:185 [ref. 13643], Baird 1986:257 [ref. 6288], Paxton et al. 1989:192 [ref. 12442], Harold 1989 [ref. 13508], Harold 1993:125 [ref. 20311], Last & Harold 1994:210 [ref. 22046], Gomon et al. 1994:250 [ref. 22532], Harold 1994:466 [ref. 21941], Harold et al. 1998:942 [ref. 23600], Harold 1999:1901 [ref. 24741], Harold 2003:891 [ref. 27001], Paxton et al. 2006:426 [ref. 28995], Harold & Gomon 2008:232 [ref. 30629], Lima et al. 2011:44 [ref. 31116], Parin et al. 2014:146 [ref. 33547], Fricke et al. 2015:2 [ref. 33930], Harold et al. 2015:459 [ref. 34249], Harold et al. 2016:555 [ref. 34450], Vourey et al. 2017:567 [ref. 35312], Fricke et al. 2018:66 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:61 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Polyipnus Günther 1887. Sternoptychidae: Sternoptychinae.