Howella Ogilby [J. D.] 1899:734 Fem. Howella brodiei Ogilby 1899. Type by monotypy. Family placement uncertain; sometimes placed in the Percichthyidae, or incertae sedis in Percoidei as by Johnson 1984:465 [ref. 9681] or in Howellidae or in Acropomatidae. Prokofiev 2006 [ref. 28960] suggests that Howella, Pseudohowella andBathysphyraenops should be placed in a family Howellidae. •Valid as Howella Ogilby 1899 -- (Tortonese 1973:366 [ref. 7192], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:795 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:562 [ref. 5660], Fraser 1972:41 [ref. 5195], Paxton et al. 1989:511 [ref. 12442], Post & Quéro 1991:111 [ref. 15760], Gomon et al. 1994:549 [ref. 22532], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:646 [ref. 25968], Heemstra 2003:1301 [ref. 27043], Parin 2003:S1 [ref. 28536], Paxton et al. 2006:977 [ref. 28994], Prokofiev 2006:3 [ref. 28960], Prokofiev 2007:413 [ref. 29273], Prokofiev 2007:566 [ref. 29274], Gomon 2008:564 [ref. 30616], Parin et al. 2014:350 [ref. 33547], Roberts 2015:1227 [ref. 34193], Brown et al. 2019:175 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Howella Ogilby 1899. Howellidae.