atlanticus, Idiacanthus Brauer [A.] 1906:62, Fig. 21 [Die Tiefsee-Fische v. 15; ref. 632] West coast of South Africa, 25°25'03"S, 6°12'04"E, eastern Atlantic Ocean, depth 2000 meters. Holotype: 17723 (204 mm SL specimen). Other material: ZMB 17452 (1), two small specimens (whereabouts unknown). •Valid as Idiacanthus atlanticus Brauer 1906 -- (Hulley 1986:234 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:208 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:33 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:103 [ref. 24556], Krueger 1990:341 [ref. 14983], Gon 1990:129 [ref. 21680], Gomon et al. 1994:263 [ref. 22532], Harold 1999:1915 [ref. 24741], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:47 [ref. 27192], Duhamel et al. 2005:140 [ref. 32059], Paxton et al. 2006:453 [ref. 28994], Kenaley et al. 2008:252 [ref. 30630], Stewart & Kenaley 2015:522 [ref. 34250], Harold 2016:1805 [ref. 34568], Nión et al. 2016:36 [ref. 35565], Fricke et al. 2018:68 [ref. 35805], Sutton et al. 2020:113 [ref. 37832], ZMB 17458). Current status: Valid as Idiacanthus atlanticus Brauer 1906. Stomiidae: Idiacanthinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in temperate seas of the Southern Hemisphere. Habitat: marine.