griseus, Malakichthys Döderlein [L.] in Steindachner & Döderlein 1883:240 [32], Pl. 2 (figs. 1-1a) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 47 (pt 1); ref. 4246] Tokyo, Japan. Syntypes: (several) NMW 10611 (1), 42204 (1), 54982 (2), 86227 (1); ?ZMB 12065 (1). On p. 32 of separate. Type information (ZMB) from Amaoka & Fujii 1999:162 [ref. 26515]. •Valid as Malakichthys griseus Döderlein 1883 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:686 [ref. 25086], Yamanoue & Yoseda 2001:257 [ref. 25543], 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] with Steindachner & Döderlein as authors, Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004:521 [ref. 28006], Prokofiev 2006:5 [ref. 28960], Larson et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32988], Shinohara et al. 2014:258 [ref. 33330], Miyazaki et al. 2019:123 [ref. 37957], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:135 [ref. 41223], Ng et al. 2023:381 [ref. 40626]). Current status: Valid as Malakichthys griseus Döderlein 1883. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: China and Philippines north to Taiwan and southern Japan; northern Australia. Habitat: marine.