Chlopsis Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:42, 58 [ref. 3595]. Fem. Chlopsis bicolor Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. Recognition of the Chlopsidae, rather than the Xenocongridae, follows Smith 1989:72 [ref. 13285]. •Valid as Chlopsis Rafinesque 1810 -- (Blache et al. 1973:233 [ref. 7185], Saldanha in Whitehead et al. 1986:555 [ref. 13676], Castle 1986:186 [ref. 5644], Lavenberg 1988:253 [ref. 6617], Smith 1989:92 [ref. 13285], Tighe & McCosker 2003:1 [ref. 26920], Smith 2003:699 [ref. 26989]). Current status: Valid as Chlopsis Rafinesque 1810. Chlopsidae.