pycnopterus, Photostylus Beebe [W.] 1933:163, Fig. 41 [Zoologica v. 13 (no. 8); ref. 5873] 9 miles southeast of Nonsuch Island, Bermuda, depth 0-800 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 170959 [ex NYZS 10217]. Type catalog: Mead 1958:134 [ref. 20648]. Also appeared in Beebe 1933:83, Fig. 23 [ref. 245]. •Valid as Photostylus pycnopterus Beebe 1933 -- (Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:247 [ref. 13675], Paxton et al. 1989:210 [ref. 12442], Markle & Sazonov 1990:260 [ref. 14215], Tsukamoto et al. 1992 [ref. 20260], Nakamura & Okamura in Okamura et al. 1995:79 [ref. 22531], Santos et al. 1997:28 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:27 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:396 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:86 [ref. 24106], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1893 [ref. 24739], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Sazonov & Williams 2001:S16 [ref. 26712], Carter & Hartel 2003:878 [ref. 27000], Moore et al. 2003:179 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:31 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:160 [ref. 28379], Hoese et al. 2006:390 [ref. 29035], Møller et al. 2010:24 [ref. 31169], Fricke et al. 2011:356 [ref. 31242], Hartel & Orrell 2016:1769 [ref. 34565], Carneiro et al. 2019:78 [ref. 37250], Quéro et al. 2019:24 [ref. 36877], Sutton et al. 2020:42 [ref. 37832], Eduardo et al. 2022:5 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:131 [ref. 39448] possible, Love et al. 2021:49 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:16 [ref. 41326], Mincarone et al. 2022:[3] [ref. 39411], Page et al. 2023:62 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:155 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Photostylus pycnopterus Beebe 1933. Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, South China Sea, and southern Gulf of California/Mexico). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.