Flagellostomias Parr [A. E.] 1927:49 Masc. Flagellostomias tyrannus Parr 1927. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Flagellostomias Parr 1927 -- (Morrow in Morrow & Gibbs 1964:429 [ref. 6962], Morrow 1973:139 [ref. 7175], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:352 [ref. 13675], Kawaguchi & Moser 1984:171 [ref. 13642], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:50 [ref. 6441], Fink 1985:11 [ref. 5171], Gibbs 1986:240 [ref. 5655], Paxton et al. 1989:200 [ref. 12442], Harold 1999:1913 [ref. 24741], Harold 2003:909 [ref. 27001], Paxton et al. 2006:448 [ref. 28995], Parin et al. 2014:148 [ref. 33547], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:510 [ref. 34248], Bañón et al. 2016:310 [ref. 34397]). Current status: Valid as Flagellostomias Parr 1927. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae.