Benthocometes Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1896:327 Masc. Neobythites robustus Goode & Bean 1886. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896:2514 [ref. 2445]. •Valid as Benthocometes Goode & Bean 1896 -- (Nielsen 1973:550 [ref. 6885], Cohen & Nielsen 1978:28 [ref. 881], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1160 [ref. 13677], Nielsen & Evseenko 1989 [ref. 12830], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:48, 59 [ref. 24448], Nielsen & Robins 2003:968 [ref. 27008], Nielsen et al. 2006:15 [ref. 28732], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:31 [ref. 36649], Nielsen 2010:59 [ref. 30910], Carnevale & Johnson 2015:778 [ref. 34391]). Current status: Valid as Benthocometes Goode & Bean 1896. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae.