Hyperprosopon Gibbons [W. P.] 1854:2, col. 3 Neut. Hyperprosopon argenteus Gibbons 1854. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Gibbons 1854:124 [ref. 1610]. Species should be spelled argenteum when in Hyperprosopon. Hyperprosodon is a misspelling. •Valid as Hyperprosopon Gibbons 1854 -- (Tarp 1952:30 [ref. 12250], Bernardi & Bucciarelli 1999:79 [ref. 26598], Pietsch & Orr 2015:57 [ref. 34694]). Current status: Valid as Hyperprosopon Gibbons 1854. Embiotocidae.