acanthiger, Coelorhynchus Barnard [K. H.] 1925:502 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 15 (no. 86) (art. 56); ref. 12730] Off Cape Point, South Africa, Pieter Faure station 17382, depth 460 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1927.12.6.18 [ex SAM] (1), SAM 12632 (1). Correct spelling of the genus is Coelorinchus. •Valid as Caelorinchus acanthiger Barnard 1925 -- (McMillan & Paulin 1993:837 [ref. 21005], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:142 [ref. 25472], Gomon et al. 1994:350 [ref. 22532], Iwamoto & Merrett 1997:499 [ref. 23710], Iwamoto et al. 1999:52 [ref. 23763], Iwamoto & Williams 1999:123 [ref. 23875], Fricke 1999:99 [ref. 24106], Iwamoto & Graham 2001:440 [ref. 25637], Hutchins 2001:23 [ref. 25847], Bray et al. 2006:584 [ref. 29065]). •Valid as Coelorinchus acanthiger Barnard 1925 -- (Iwamoto 1986:333 [ref. 5674], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:139 [ref. 18936], Iwamoto & McMillan 2008:324 [ref. 30636], Fricke et al. 2009:26 [ref. 30213], McMillan & Iwamoto 2015:767 [ref. 34263], Prokofiev & Iwamoto 2020:268 [ref. 37882]). Current status: Valid as Coelorinchus acanthiger Barnard 1925. Macrouridae. Distribution: Southern Indo-Pacific: South Africa and Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to southern Australia and New Zealand region and Argentina. Habitat: marine.