Macroramphosus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:136 Masc. Silurus cornutus Forsskål 1775. Type by monotypy. Also spelled Macrorhamphosus, Macramphosus and Macrorhamphus by authors. See Paxton et al. 2006:851-852 [ref. 28994] for discussion of nomenclatural problems. •Valid as Macroramphosus Lacepède 1803 -- (Mohr 1937:30 [ref. 15290], Wheeler 1973:273 [ref. 7190], Ehrich 1976 [ref. 13863], Brethes 1979 [ref. 13850], Fritzsche 1984 [ref. 13658], Clarke 1984 [ref. 6811], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:84 [ref. 6441], Ehrich in Whitehead et al. 1986:627 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:460 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:408 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:437 [ref. 22532], Fritzche & Thiesfeld 1999:2280 [ref. 24793], Fritsche 2003:1229 [ref. 27045], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Paxton et al. 2006:851-853 [ref. 28994], Paxton et al. 2006:853 [ref. 28994], Bilecenoğlu 2006:57 [ref. 28825], Gomon 2008:482 [ref. 30616], Kuiter 2009:308 [ref. 30404], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:36 [ref. 36649], Stewart 2015:1070 [ref. 34254], Fricke et al. 2018:128 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Macroramphosus Lacepède 1803. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae.