Bathylaco Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1896:57 Masc. Bathylaco nigricans Goode & Bean 1896. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Bathylaco Goode & Bean 1896 -- (Nielsen & Larsen 1968:221 [ref. 7907], Nielsen 1972:30 [ref. 3197], Nielsen 1973:85 [ref. 6885], Iwamoto et al. 1976 [ref. 7089], Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:234 [ref. 13675], Markle 1986:220 [ref. 5687], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1891 [ref. 24739], Sazonov & Williams 2001:S7 [ref. 26712], Carter & Hartel 2003:877 [ref. 27000]). Current status: Valid as Bathylaco Goode & Bean 1896. Alepocephalidae.