maderensis, Caristius Maul [G. E.] 1949:22, Fig. [Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal No. 4 (art. 11); ref. 13021] Off Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Holotype: MMF 2343. Additional material: MMF 2344 (1). •Valid as Caristius maderensis Maul 1949 -- (Nielsen 1973:339 [ref. 6885], Trunov 1981:58 [ref. 8532], Post in Whitehead et al. 1986:747 [ref. 13676], Post 1990:765 [ref. 17242], McEachran 2003:1474 [ref. 27089] as cf. maderensis, Trunov & Kukuev 2004:170 [ref. 27729], Love et al. 2005:120 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:378 [ref. 28379], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:312 [ref. 28815] as cf. maderensis). •Valid as Paracaristius maderensis (Maul 1949) -- (Trunovet al. 2006:466 [ref. 28740], Tweddle & Anderson 2008:11 [ref. 29604], Hartel et al. 2008:329 [ref. 29890], Stevenson & Kenaley 2011:392 [ref. 31552], Okamoto et al. 2014:24 [ref. 33659], Okamoto & Stevenson 2015:16 [ref. 33827], Stevenson et al. in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2522 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:260 [ref. 37250], Misawa et al. 2020:276 [ref. 38138], Sutton et al. 2020:279 [ref. 37832], Fermon et al. 2022:214 [ref. 39448] possible, Page et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Paracaristius maderensis (Maul 1949). Caristiidae. Distribution: Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Habitat: marine.