Species that contain: Argyropelecus and aculeatus [ 5 ] records

aculeatus, Argyropelecus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:406 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Azores, northeastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1817. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:314 [ref. 293]. •Valid as Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes 1850 -- (Baird 1973:124 [ref. 7173], Yamamoto in Okamura et al. 1982:77, 326 [ref. 8256], Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:137 [ref. 14275], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:306 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:47 [ref. 6441], Baird 1986:256 [ref. 6288], Paxton et al. 1989:191 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:30 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:95 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:89 [ref. 14674], Quéro et al. 1990:275 [ref. 14659], Harold 1993:125 [ref. 20311], Cervigón 1996:168 [ref. 24489], Shinohara et al. 1996:161 [ref. 26605], Santos et al. 1997:31 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:33 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:429 [ref. 23897], Uiblein et al. 1999:61 [ref. 24045], Fricke 1999:89 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:28 [ref. 24203], Nakabo 2000:315 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:590 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:315 [ref. 26001], Harold et al. in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:185 [ref. 26158], Harold 2003:892 [ref. 27001], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:45 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:184 [ref. 27076], Shinohara et al. 2005:405 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:168 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:424 [ref. 28995], Harold & Gomon 2008:230 [ref. 30629], Fricke et al. 2009:23 [ref. 30213], Bañon et al. 2010:8 [ref. 31029], Costa & Mincarone 2010:306 [ref. 37483], Fricke et al. 2011:356 [ref. 31242], Lima et al. 2011:38 [ref. 31116], Harold et al. 2015:453 [ref. 34249], Bañón et al. 2016:307 [ref. 34397], Harold 2016:1795 [ref. 34568], Fricke et al. 2018:65 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:89 [ref. 37250], Fricke et al. 2019:60 [ref. 36673], Eduardo et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37626], Sutton et al. 2020:73 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:54 [ref. 38883], Love et al. 2021:56 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:169 [ref. 39448] possible, Villarins et al. 2022:19 [ref. 39442], Page et al. 2023:85 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes 1850. Sternoptychidae: Sternoptychinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. Habitat: marine.

amabilis, Sternoptychides Ogilby [J. D.] 1888:1313 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2) v. 3 (pt 3); ref. 3265] Lord Howe Island. Lectotype: AMS I.16263-001 [ex MAMU F93]. Paralectotypes: AMS I.16263-002 [ex MAMU F93] (1). Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:205 [ref. 19518]. Lectotype selected by McCulloch 1923:118, Pl. 14 (fig. 3) [ref. 2049]. •Synonym of Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes 1850 -- (Baird 1973:124 [ref. 7173], Baird 1986:255 [ref. 6288], Paxton et al. 1989:191 [ref. 12442], Quéro et al. 1990:275 [ref. 14659], Mundy 2005:168 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:424 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes 1850. Sternoptychidae: Sternoptychinae. Habitat: marine.

antrorsospinus, Argyropelecus Schultz [L. P.] 1937:1, Fig. 1 [Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 91 (no. 27) (publ. 3439); ref. 10123] Off Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, 18°32'54"N, 65°23'42"W to 18°32'15"N, 65°18'45"W, depth 250-320 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 102989. Paratypes: USNM 33393 (1), 35561 (1), 43855 (1), 102987 (1). •Synonym of Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes 1850 -- (Baird 1973:124 [ref. 7173], Quéro et al. 1990:276 [ref. 14659]). Current status: Synonym of Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes 1850. Sternoptychidae: Sternoptychinae. Habitat: marine.

caninus, Argyropelecus Garman [S.] 1899:235 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] "Found floating on a log in the Indian Ocean off Port Louis Harbor", Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MCZ 6599 (poor condition). •Synonym of Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes 1850 -- (Baird 1973:124 [ref. 7173], Baird 1986:256 [ref. 6288], Quéro et al. 1990:275 [ref. 14659]). Current status: Synonym of Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes 1850. Sternoptychidae: Sternoptychinae. Habitat: marine.

micracanthus, Argyropelecus Parr [A. E.] 1937:52, Fig. 21 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 7); ref. 3376] Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas, 23°49'N, 76°58'W, 7000 feet wire out. Holotype (unique): YPM 3768. Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:26 [ref. 16741]. •Synonym of Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes 1850 -- (Baird 1973:124 [ref. 7173], Quéro et al. 1990:275 [ref. 14659]). Current status: Synonym of Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes 1850. Sternoptychidae: Sternoptychinae. Habitat: marine.