Brotulotaenia Parr [A. E.] 1933:48 Fem. Brotulotaenia nigra Parr 1933. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Brotulotaenia Parr 1933 -- (Nielsen 1973:550 [ref. 6885], Cohen 1974 [ref. 6890] as Brotulataenia, Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1161 [ref. 13677], Nielsen & Cohen 1986:346 [ref. 5700], Paxton et al. 1989:311 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:365 [ref. 22532], Machida et al. 1997:421 [ref. 23365], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:25 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1980 [ref. 24753], Nielsen & Robins 2003:967 [ref. 27008], Okuyama & Kato 2002:159 [ref. 27033], Fahay & Nielsen 2003:209 [ref. 27217], Hoese et al. 2006:558 [ref. 29051], Suntsov 2007:177 [ref. 29154], Gomon 2008:352 [ref. 30616], Nielsen & Møller 2015:716 [ref. 34259], Carnevale & Johnson 2015:778 [ref. 34391]). Current status: Valid as Brotulotaenia Parr 1933. Ophidiidae: Brotulotaeniinae.