affinis, Stomias Günther [A.] 1887:205, Pl. 54 (fig. A) [Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger v. 22 (pt 57); ref. 2013] South of Sombrero Island, Challenger station 23, depth 450 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1887.12.7.224. •Valid as Stomias affinis Günther 1887 -- (Gibbs 1969:2 [ref. 14912], Fujii in Okamura et al. 1982:91, 333 [ref. 8256], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:143 [ref. 14275], Dor 1984:46 [ref. 29757], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:49 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:151, 338 [ref. 8057], Fink & Fink 1986:494 [ref. 5176], Paxton et al. 1989:207 [ref. 12442], Gibbs 1990:296 [ref. 14899], Goren & Dor 1994:12 [ref. 25356], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:542 [ref. 23897], Harold 1999:1908 [ref. 24741], Nakabo 2000:323 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:591 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:298 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:323 [ref. 26001], Harold 2003:906 [ref. 27001], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:186 [ref. 27076], Shinohara et al. 2005:406 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:442 [ref. 28995], Costa & Mincarone 2010:316 [ref. 37483], Fricke et al. 2014:26 [ref. 33932], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:488 [ref. 34248], Harold 2016:1818 [ref. 34568], Nión et al. 2016:36 [ref. 35565], Fricke et al. 2018:68 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:33 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:62 [ref. 36673], Reiner 2019:97 [ref. 38139], Klautau et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37903], Sutton et al. 2020:127 [ref. 37832], Fermon et al. 2022:171 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:89 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Stomias affinis Günther 1887. Stomiidae: Stomiinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical seas (including Red Sea). Habitat: marine.