Stylephorus Shaw [G.] 1791:90 Masc. Stylephorus chordatus Shaw 1791. Type by monotypy. Spelled Stylophonus in Bloch & Schneider 1801:519 [ref. 471]; Stylophorus Günther 1861:306 [ref. 1964] is an unjustified emendation. On Official List (Opinion 1603). •Valid as Stylephorus Shaw 1791 -- (Nielsen 1973:335 [ref. 6885], Pietsch 1978 [ref. 5322], Olney 1984:369 [ref. 13656], Johnson & Berman in Whitehead et al. 1986:736 [ref. 13676], Hulley 1986:404 [ref. 5672], Eschmeyer & Robins 1988 [ref. 6886], Olney et al. 1993 [ref. 21802], Olney 1999:1969 [ref. 24751], Olney 2003:953 [ref. 27007], Roberts 2012:55 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Valid as Stylephorus Shaw 1791. Stylephoridae.