affinis, Argyropelecus Garman [S.] 1899:237 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Off Antilles, 15°24'40"N, 63°31'30"W, Albatross station 2117, depth 683 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 44593. •Valid as Argyropelecus affinis Garman 1899 -- (Baird 1973:124 [ref. 7173], Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:138 [ref. 14275], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:307 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:48 [ref. 6441], Baird 1986:256 [ref. 6288], Scott & Scott 1988:170 [ref. 25518], Matarese et al. 1989:94 [ref. 26885], Pequeño 1989:30 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:89 [ref. 14674], Quéro et al. 1990:276 [ref. 14659], Harold 1993:125 [ref. 20311], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:290 [ref. 24545], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:430 [ref. 23897], Harold 1999:1901 [ref. 24741], Nakabo 2000:315 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:590 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:315 [ref. 26001], Harold 2003:892 [ref. 27001], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:45 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:184 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:36 [ref. 37547], Shinohara et al. 2005:405 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:168 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:250 [ref. 28944], Lima et al. 2011:46 [ref. 31116], Harold 2016:1795 [ref. 34568], Kells et al. 2016:104 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:42 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:89 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:89 [ref. 38139], Eduardo et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37626], Sutton et al. 2020:72 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:56 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:169 [ref. 39448], Grove et al. 2022:16 [ref. 41326], Villarins et al. 2022:19 [ref. 39442], Page et al. 2023:85 [ref. 40505], Reading & Horton 2023:11 [ref. 41317]). Current status: Valid as Argyropelecus affinis Garman 1899. Sternoptychidae: Sternoptychinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas. Habitat: marine.