ethiops, Triacanthodes Alcock [A. W.] 1894:137 [23], Pl. 7 (fig. 6) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 63 (pt 2); ref. 90] Bay of Bengal, 13°51'12"N, 80°12'12"E, Investigator station 162, depth 145-250 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F13709. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:162 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:46 [ref. 22148]. On p. 23 of separate. Figured in Alcock 1895: Pl. 15 (fig. 9) [ref. 20532] and spelled aethiops on legend page and plate. •Valid as Triacanthodes ethiops Alcock 1894 -- (Tyler 1968:124 [ref. 6438], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:357 [ref. 6441], Tyler 1986:889 [ref. 5723], Allen & Swainston 1988:148 [ref. 25477], Matsuura & Tyler 1997:186 [ref. 23219], Lindberg et al. 1997:46 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:236 [ref. 23977], Adam et al. 1998:16 [ref. 23610], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1394 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3904 [ref. 26315], Shinohara et al. 2001:337 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1394 [ref. 26193], Hoese et al. 2006:1863 [ref. 29067], Larson et al. 2013:231 [ref. 32988], Matsuura 2014:4 [ref. 33576], Psomadakis et al. 2020:603 [ref. 37272], Matsuura 2022:411 [ref. 40250]). Current status: Valid as Triacanthodes ethiops Alcock 1894. Triacanthodidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Mozambique; east coast of India east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.