retrospinis, Paratriacanthodes Fowler [H. W.] 1934:364, Fig. 114 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933); ref. 1416] China Sea, vicinity of Taiwan, 21˚36'00''N, 117˚27'00''E, Albatross station D.5517, depth 421 meters. Holotype: USNM 93171. Paratypes: (6) USNM 93485 (3). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:63 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Paratriacanthodes retrospinis Fowler 1934 -- (Tyler 1968:145 [ref. 6438], Amaoka in Okamura et al. 1982:305, 409 [ref. 8256], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:357 [ref. 6441], Tyler 1986:889 [ref. 5723], Tyler 1997:313 [ref. 23168], Matsuura & Tyler 1997:180 [ref. 23219], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1395 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3904 [ref. 26315] as Paratiracanthodes [sic], Shinohara et al. 2001:337 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1395 [ref. 26193], Hoese et al. 2006:1863 [ref. 29067], Ho & Shao 2011:63 [ref. 31432], Matsuura 2014:4 [ref. 33576], Mullasseri et al. 2017:76 [ref. 35334], Fricke et al. 2018:375 [ref. 35805], Matsuura 2022:411 [ref. 40250]). Current status: Valid as Paratriacanthodes retrospinis Fowler 1934. Triacanthodidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Mozambique and Madagascar; China to southern Japan; eastern Australia to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.