elegans, Malakichthys Matsubara [K.] & Yamaguti [M.] 1943:84, Fig. 1 [The Journal of the Sigenkagaku Kenkyusyo v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 12788] Suruga Bay, Japan. Holotype: FAKU 6545 (not found in 1997). •Valid as Malakichthys elegans Matsubara & Yamaguti 1943 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:461, 664 [ref. 8056], Paxton et al. 1989:514 [ref. 12442], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Nakabo 2000:686 [ref. 25086], Yamanoue & Yoseda 2001:257 [ref. 25543], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2002:1139 [ref. 25939], Shinohara et al. 2001:320 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:686 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:307, 588 [ref. 26218], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004:520 [ref. 28006], Shinohara et al. 2005:430 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:977 [ref. 28994], Motomura et al. 2010:94 [ref. 31256], Larson et al. 2013:96 [ref. 32988], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:135 [ref. 41223], Ng et al. 2023:381 [ref. 40626]). Current status: Valid as Malakichthys elegans Matsubara & Yamaguti 1943. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.