tentaculatus, Haplostomias Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1930:109, Pl. 11 (fig. 1); Figs. 105a, 106a [Danish Dana Expedition 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Oceanographical Reports. v. 2 (no. 6); ref. 3681] Caribbean Sea, northern Atlantic. Syntypes: (2 + 3 juveniles + 1 damaged) BMNH 1929.7.6.135-136 (2); ZMUC P201991 (1). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:19 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Melanostomias tentaculatus (Regan & Trewavas 1930) -- (Morrow 1973:135 [ref. 7175], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:360 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:51 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:201 [ref. 12442], Gibbs & Barnett 1990:330 [ref. 14915], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:530 [ref. 23897], Harold 1999:1913 [ref. 24741], Nakabo 2000:336 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:336 [ref. 26001], Harold 2003:912 [ref. 27001], Moore et al. 2003:190 [ref. 27076], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:516 [ref. 34248], Harold 2016:1814 [ref. 34568], Carneiro et al. 2019:102 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:117 [ref. 37832], Eduardo et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:177 [ref. 39448], Villarins et al. 2022:57 [ref. 39442], Page et al. 2023:89 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Melanostomias tentaculatus (Regan & Trewavas 1930). Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae. Distribution: Circumglobal, but not in eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.