niger, Melanostomias Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & von Bonde [C.] 1924:6, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa v. 3 (no. 7) (1922); ref. 1649] Off Table Bay, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic, Pickle station 530, depth 135 fathoms. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Melanostomias niger Gilchrist & von Bonde 1924 -- (Gibbs 1986:241 [ref. 5655], Paxton et al. 1989:201 [ref. 12442], Aizawa in Amaoka et al. 1990:121 [ref. 16024], Gibbs & Barnett 1990:329 [ref. 14915], Gomon et al. 1994:260 [ref. 22532], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:47 [ref. 27192], Paxton et al. 2006:448 [ref. 28995], Kenaley et al. 2008:250 [ref. 30630], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:514 [ref. 34248], Harold 2016:1814 [ref. 34568], Sutton et al. 2020:117 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Melanostomias niger Gilchrist & von Bonde 1924. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae. Distribution: Southern Hemisphere circumglobal. Habitat: marine.