Melanostomias Brauer [A.] 1902:284 Masc. Melanostomias valdiviae Brauer 1902. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently designated first by Jordan 1920:497 [ref. 4905]; not M. melanops. •Valid as Melanostomias Brauer 1902 -- (Gibbs in Morrow & Gibbs 1964:354 [ref. 6962], Morrow 1973:134 [ref. 7175], Kawaguchi & Moser 1984:171 [ref. 13642], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:357 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:51 [ref. 6441], Fink 1985:11 [ref. 5171], Gibbs 1986:241 [ref. 5655], Paxton et al. 1989:200 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:259 [ref. 22532], Harold 1999:1913 [ref. 24741], Harold 2003:910 [ref. 27001], Paxton et al. 2006:448 [ref. 28995], Kenaley et al. 2008:250 [ref. 30630], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:513 [ref. 34248], Bañón et al. 2016:309 [ref. 34397], Fricke et al. 2019:62 [ref. 36673], Villarins et al. 2023:254 [ref. 40197]). Current status: Valid as Melanostomias Brauer 1902. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae.