Talismania (subgenus of Bathytroctes) Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1896:41, 43 Fem. Bathytroctes homopterus Vaillant 1888. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1920:467 [ref. 4905]. •Valid as Talismania Goode & Bean 1896 -- (Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:250 [ref. 13675], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:43 [ref. 6441], Markle 1986:222 [ref. 5687], Paxton et al. 1989:211 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:244 [ref. 22532], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1891 [ref. 24739], Carter & Hartel 2003:877 [ref. 27000], Hoese et al. 2006:392 [ref. 29035], Williams & Sazonov 2008:206 [ref. 30623], Williams & Stewart 2015:375 [ref. 34243], Robertson et al. 2017:41 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:64 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Talismania Goode & Bean 1896. Alepocephalidae.