Macrias Gill [T. N.] & Townsend [C. H.] 1901:937 Masc. Macrias amissus Gill & Townsend 1901. Type by monotypy. Type specimen not available, only known specimen was thrown overboard. A photograph of the fish was published in Townsend 1936, Bull. N. Y. Zool. Soc. v. 39:29-30. •Synonym of Dissostichus Smitt 1898 -- (DeWitt et al. 1990:286 [ref. 21696]). Current status: Synonym of Dissostichus Smitt 1898. Nototheniidae: Pleuragrammatinae.