Ichthyococcus Bonaparte [C. L.] 1840:puntata 138 Masc. Gonostomus ovatus Cocco 1838. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared first in puntata 138, fasc. 27 on unnumbered p. 3 under Gonostoma denudata as Ichtyococcus; on pp. 5 and 6 Bonaparte treated Ichthyococcus ovatus and I. poweriae. First subsequent designation of type not researched. Coccia Günther 1864 is an unneeded replacement. •Valid as Ichthyococcus Bonaparte 1840 -- (Witzell 1973:118 [ref. 7172], Weitzman 1974:472 [ref. 5174], Mukhacheva 1980 [ref. 8685], Ahlstrom et al. 1984:185 [ref. 13643], Schaefer et al. 1986:244 [ref. 5709], Paxton et al. 1989:187 [ref. 12442], Harold 1999:1904 [ref. 24741], Harold 2003:887 [ref. 27001], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:259 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:430 [ref. 28995], Harold & Gomon 2008:236 [ref. 30629], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:22 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:146 [ref. 33547], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:438 [ref. 34248], Brown et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Ichthyococcus Bonaparte 1840. Phosichthyidae.