Filimanus Myers [G. S.] 1936:380 Fem. Filimanus perplexa Feltes 1991. Type by subsequent designation. Genus based on a misidentified type species, melanochir of Valenciennes misidentified by Myers; Feltes 1991 named melanochir of Myers as Filimanus perplexa. In Opinion 1761, the Commission established perplexa as the type species of Filimanus Myers 1936. •Valid as Filimanus Myers 1936 -- (de Sylva 1984:540 [ref. 13667], Feltes 1991 [ref. 14760], Feltes 1993:214 [ref. 20316], Motomura & Iwatsuki 2001:17 [ref. 25242], Motomura et al. 2001:289 [ref. 25546], Feltes 2001:3091 [ref. 26107], Motomura 2002:171 [ref. 26356], Motomura et al. 2002:359 [ref. 26500], Motomura 2004:2 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:20 [ref. 27970], Tashiro et al. 2013:45 [ref. 33132], Kottelat 2013:353 [ref. 32989], Kang et al. 2017:[1] [ref. 35524], Motomura et al. 2017:180 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:173 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Filimanus Myers 1936. Polynemidae.