venetus, Gonichthys Becker [V. E.] 1964:39, Fig. 14 [Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova v. 73; ref. 8009] South Pacific, 27°40'S, 171°56'E, Vitiaz station 3845. Holotype: ZIN 37343. Paratypes: (10) not at ZIN. Type catalog: Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:79 [ref. 37828]. •Questionably valid -- (Paxton 1979:11 [ref. 6440]). •Valid as Gonichthys venetus Becker 1964 -- (Pequeño 1997:81 [ref. 23536], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1963 [ref. 24748], Mundy 2005:221 [ref. 28379], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:66 [ref. 37828]). Current status: Valid as Gonichthys venetus Becker 1964. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Equatorial and southern Pacific. Habitat: marine.