Caristius Gill [T. N.] & Smith [H. M.] 1905:249 Masc. Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith 1905. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Caristius Gill & Smith 1905 -- (Nielsen 1973:339 [ref. 6885], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:160 [ref. 6441], Post in Whitehead et al. 1986:747 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:637 [ref. 5660], Paxton 2001:2837 [ref. 26097], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:654 [ref. 25968], Parin 2003:S9 [ref. 28536], Trunov et al. 2006:465 [ref. 28470], Bray et al. 2006:1188 [ref. 29088], Stevenson & Kenaley 2011:385 [ref. 31552], Britz & Hartel 2012:85 [ref. 32303], Stevenson & Kenaley 2013:424 [ref. 32920], Kukuev et al. 2013:541 [ref. 32928], Parin et al. 2014:366 [ref. 33547], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:1273 [ref. 34202]). Current status: Valid as Caristius Gill & Smith 1905. Caristiidae.