Bathysphyraenops Parr [A. E.] 1933:28 Masc. Bathysphyraenops simplex Parr 1933. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Placement follows Johnson 1984:465 [ref. 9681]. •Valid as Bathysphyraenops Parr 1933 -- (Fraser 1972:41 [ref. 5195], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441] in Percichthyidae, Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Heemstra 2003:1300 [ref. 27043] in Acropomatidae, Prokofiev 2006 [ref. 28960], Prokofiev 2007:423 [ref. 29273] in Howellidae, Prokofiev 2007:566 [ref. 29274] in Howellidae, Rajakrishnan et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39790]). Current status: Valid as Bathysphyraenops Parr 1933. Howellidae.