bartonbeani, Melanostomias Parr [A. E.] 1927:45, Fig. 25 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 2); ref. 3367] 44°10'N, 52°35'W, off Newfoundland, depth 150 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 22364. •Synonym of Melanostomias spilorhynchus Regan & Trewavas 1930 -- (Morrow 1973:135 [ref. 7175]). •Valid as Melanostomias bartonbeani Parr 1927 -- (Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:358 [ref. 13675], Gibbs 1986:241 [ref. 5655], Scott & Scott 1988:178 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:94 [ref. 14674], Gibbs & Barnett 1990:327 [ref. 14915] as barbonbeani, Santos et al. 1997:36 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:38 [ref. 24952], Moore et al. 2003:190 [ref. 27076], Bañon et al. 2010:8 [ref. 31029], Møller et al. 2010:30 [ref. 31169], Bañón et al. 2016:309 [ref. 34397], Harold 2016:1814 [ref. 34568], Nión et al. 2016:36 [ref. 35565], Carneiro et al. 2019:101 [ref. 37250], Iglésias et al. 2020:291 [ref. 37987], Sutton et al. 2020:119 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:55 [ref. 38883], Eduardo et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39574] as bartonbeanis, Villarins et al. 2022:55 [ref. 39442], Page et al. 2023:89 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Melanostomias bartonbeani Parr 1927. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae. Distribution: Circumglobal, from 70°N to 40°S. Habitat: marine.