Istiophorus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:374 Masc. Xiphias platypterus Shaw 1792. Type designated by the ICZN; on Official List (Opinion 903). Unjustifiably emended to Histiophorus by Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:293 [ref. 4881]. •Valid as Istiophorus Lacepède 1801 -- (de Sylva 1973:477 [ref. 7210], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:293 [ref. 7348], Nakamura 1983:276 [ref. 5371], Collette et al. 1984:600 [ref. 11421], Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:223 [ref. 6441], Nakamura 1985:20 [ref. 20161], Nakamura in Whitehead et al. 1986:1000 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:840 [ref. 5660], Nakamura 2001:3760 [ref. 26306], Fierstine & Monsch 2002:148 [ref. 26597], Nakamura 2003:1861 [ref. 27116], Parin 2003:S27 [ref. 28536], Collette et al. 2006:464 [ref. 28911], Bray et al. 2006:1780 [ref. 29091], Parin et al. 2014:517 [ref. 33547], Roberts 2015:1642 [ref. 34193], Fricke et al. 2018:365 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:171 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:169 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:313 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Istiophorus Lacepède 1801. Istiophoridae.