prosthemius, Paratrachichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Fowler [H. W.] 1902:9, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 26 (no. 1306); ref. 12309] Suruga Bay, Japan, Albatross station 3730. Holotype (unique): USNM 50575. •Valid as Paratrachichthys prosthemius Jordan & Fowler 1902 -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:109 [ref. 6441], Gon 1987:100 [ref. 21380], Chave & Mundy 1994:367 [ref. 22375], Suzuki & Hosokawa 1994:2 [ref. 24339], Kotlyar 1996:189 [ref. 23292], Konishi 1999:54 [ref. 24259]). •Valid as Aulotrachichthys prosthemius (Jordan & Fowler 1902) -- (Nakabo 2000:501 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Moore in Randall & Lim 2000:601 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:310 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:501 [ref. 26001], Mundy 2005:304 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:142 [ref. 30952], Kim et al. 2020:83 [ref. 39118], Misawa et al. 2020:275 [ref. 38138], Sonoyama et al. 2020:34 [ref. 37637], Matsunuma et al. 2023:[15] [ref. 40199], Su et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40503]). Current status: Valid as Aulotrachichthys prosthemius (Jordan & Fowler 1902). Trachichthyidae. Distribution: Northwestern and central Pacific: southern Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.