Heterophotus Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1929:28 Masc. Heterophotus ophistoma Regan & Trewavas 1929. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Heterophotus Regan & Trewavas 1929 -- (Gibbs 1964:341 [ref. 6960], Kawaguchi & Moser 1984:171 [ref. 13642], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:50 [ref. 6441], Fink 1985:11 [ref. 5171], Paxton et al. 1989:196 [ref. 12442], Harold 1999:1906 [ref. 24741], Harold 2003:895 [ref. 27001], Paxton et al. 2006:438 [ref. 28995], Liao et al. 2006:517 [ref. 29419]). Current status: Valid as Heterophotus Regan & Trewavas 1929. Stomiidae: Astronesthinae.