Photostomias Collett [R.] 1889:291 Masc. Photostomias guernei Collett 1889. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Photostomias Collett 1889 -- (Morrow 1964:525 [ref. 6958], Goodyear 1973:143 [ref. 7176], Kawaguchi & Moser 1984:171 [ref. 13642], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:370 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:53 [ref. 6441], Fink 1985:11 [ref. 5171], Harold 1999:1917 [ref. 24741], Harold 2003:903 [ref. 27001], Kenaley & Hartel 2005:253 [ref. 28328], Kenaley 2009:175 [ref. 30057], Bañón et al. 2016:309 [ref. 34397], Schnell & Johnson 2017:1 [ref. 35193], Brown et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Photostomias Collett 1889. Stomiidae: Malacosteinae.