Species that contain: Malacosteus and niger [ 4 ] records

choristodactylus, Malacosteus Vaillant [L. L.] 1888:108, Pl. 8 (fig. 4) [Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman"; ref. 4496] Coast of Morocco, Talisman station 26, depth 2030 meters. Holotype: MNHN 1883-0062 (poor condition). Paratypes: MNHN 1883-0063 (1, poor condition) Type catalog: Bertin 1940:310-311 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Malacosteus niger Ayres 1848 -- (Morrow 1964:548 [ref. 6958], Goodyear 1973:142 [ref. 7176], Goodyear 1990:339 [ref. 14930], Kenaley 2007:890 [ref. 29441]). Current status: Synonym of Malacosteus niger Ayres 1848. Stomiidae: Malacosteinae. Habitat: marine.

danae, Malacosteus Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1930:143, Pl. 14 (fig. 1) [Danish Dana Expedition 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Oceanographical Reports. v. 2 (no. 6); ref. 3681] Gulf of Panama. Syntypes: BMNH 1929.7.6.264 (1) Dana station 1209 (7°15'N, 78°54'W); ZMUC P201990 (1) Dana station 1203 (7°30'N, 79°19'W). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:26 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Malacosteus danae Regan & Trewavas 1930 -- (Peden et al. 1985:5 [ref. 24081], McAllister 1990:96 [ref. 14674], Aizawa in Amaoka et al. 1990:123 [ref. 16024]). •Synonym of Malacosteus niger Ayres 1848 -- (Goodyear 1990:340 [ref. 14930], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:228 [ref. 25968], Mundy 2005:191 [ref. 28379], Kenaley 2007:890 [ref. 29441]). Current status: Synonym of Malacosteus niger Ayres 1848. Stomiidae: Malacosteinae. Habitat: marine.

indicus, Malacosteus Günther [A.] 1878:181 [14] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28); ref. 2010] Pacific near Philippines, Challenger station 214, 4°33'N, 127°06'E, depth 500 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1887.12.7.227. On p. 14 of separate. See also Günther 1887:214, Pl. 54 (fig. B) [ref. 2013]. •Valid as Malacosteus indicus Günther 1878 -- (Harold 1999:1917 [ref. 24741]). •Synonym of Malacosteus niger Ayres 1848 -- (Morrow 1964:547 [ref. 6958], Goodyear 1990:339 [ref. 14930], Kenaley 2007:890 [ref. 29441]). Current status: Synonym of Malacosteus niger Ayres 1848. Stomiidae: Malacosteinae. Distribution: Cosmopolitan [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

niger, Malacosteus Ayres [W. O.] 1848:69 [Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 3 (1848-1851); ref. 154] Southeast of Nova Scotia, 42°N, 50°W, Canada. Holotype (unique): Coll. L. Felt, Boston. Also appeared in Ayres 1849:54 [ref. 5864]. •Valid as Malacosteus niger Ayres 1848 -- (Morrow 1964:545 [ref. 6958], Goodyear 1973:142 [ref. 7176], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:156 [ref. 14275], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:369 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:53 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:157, 341 [ref. 8057], Goodyear & Gibbs 1986:236 [ref. 5658], Scott & Scott 1988:181 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:204 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:31 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:103 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:96 [ref. 14674], Goodyear 1990:339 [ref. 14930], Nielsen & Schwägermann in Okamura et al. 1995:94 [ref. 22531], Balanov & Fedorov 1996:344 [ref. 24646], Shinohara et al. 1996:162 [ref. 26605], Santos et al. 1997:36 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:39 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:474 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:90 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:31 [ref. 24203], Harold 1999:1917 [ref. 24741], Nakabo 2000:345 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:591 [ref. 25122], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:21 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:228 [ref. 25968], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:345 [ref. 26001], Harold 2003:903 [ref. 27001], Moore et al. 2003:192 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:38 [ref. 37547], Shinohara et al. 2005:407 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:191 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:455 [ref. 28994], Kenaley 2007:889 [ref. 29441], Kenaley et al. 2008:253 [ref. 30630], Costa & Mincarone 2010:353 [ref. 37483], Møller et al. 2010:30 [ref. 31169], Fricke et al. 2011:358 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2014:26 [ref. 33932], Parin et al. 2014:148 [ref. 33547], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:529 [ref. 34248], Afonso et al. 2016:27, 218 [ref. 36199], Bañón et al. 2016:310 [ref. 34397], Harold 2016:1808 [ref. 34568], Schnell & Johnson 2017:5 [ref. 35193], Brown et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:62 [ref. 36673], Carneiro et al. 2019:101 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:116 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:55 [ref. 38883], Eduardo et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38817], Love et al. 2021:60 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:179 [ref. 39448], Simian et al. 2022:374 [ref. 40776], Villarins et al. 2022:41 [ref. 39442], Page et al. 2023:89 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Malacosteus niger Ayres 1848. Stomiidae: Malacosteinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical seas. Habitat: marine.