Gonostoma Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:64 Neut. Gonostoma denudata Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. Species originally spelled denudata, termination should be denudatum to agree with gender of genus. •Valid as Gonostoma Rafinesque 1810 -- (Witzell 1973:114 [ref. 7172], Weitzman 1974:472 [ref. 5174], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:297 [ref. 13675], Ahlstrom et al. 1984:185 [ref. 13643], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:45 [ref. 6441], Schaefer et al. 1986:251 [ref. 5709], Paxton et al. 1989:185 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:247 [ref. 22532], Harold 1998:715 [ref. 24431], Harold 1999:1899 [ref. 24741], Miya & Nishida 2000:385 [ref. 24454], Harold 2003:884 [ref. 27001], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:259 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:421 [ref. 28995], Harold & Gomon 2008:227 [ref. 30629], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:22 [ref. 36649], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:119 [ref. 31212], Bañón et al. 2016:307 [ref. 34397], Fricke et al. 2018:65 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:59 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Gonostoma Rafinesque 1810. Gonostomatidae.