Genera that contain: Photonectes [ 7 ] records

Dolichostomias (subgenus of Photonectes) Parr [A. E.] 1927:106, 111 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 2); ref. 3367] Masc. Photonectes gracilis Goode & Bean 1896. Type by subsequent designation. P. gracilis regarded as "typical" for subgenus, but type technically not designated by Parr; subsequent designator not investigated. •Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887, but a valid subgenus Dolichostomias as described -- (Morrow in Morrow & Gibbs 1964:489 [ref. 6962]). •Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887 -- (Prokofiev 2019:464 [ref. 36966]). Current status: Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae.

Lucifer Döderlein [L.] 1882:26 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 48 (pt. 1); ref. 1139] Masc. Lucifer albipennis Döderlein 1882. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Steindachner & Döderlein 1883:35 [ref. 4249]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Lucifer Thompson 1830 in Crustacea and by Lucifer Reichenbach 1849 in Aves; replaced by Photonectes Günther 1887. •Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887 -- (Morrow in Morrow & Gibbs 1964:487 [ref. 6962], Morrow 1973:140 [ref. 7175], Prokofiev 2019:464 [ref. 36966]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae.

Melanonectes (subgenus of Photonectes) Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1930:119, 120 [Danish Dana Expedition 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Oceanographical Reports. v. 2 (no. 6); ref. 3681] Masc. Photonectes dinema Regan & Trewavas 1930. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated in Zoological Record for 1930 (Pisces):48; also designated by Fowler 1936:1186 [ref. 6546]. •Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887, but a valid subgenus Melanonectes as described -- (Morrow in Morrow & Gibbs 1964:489 [ref. 6962]). •Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887 -- (Prokofiev 2019:464 [ref. 36966]). Current status: Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae.

Microchirichthys (subgenus of Photonectes) Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1930:120, 124 [Danish Dana Expedition 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Oceanographical Reports. v. 2 (no. 6); ref. 3681] Masc. Photonectes parvimanus Regan & Trewavas 1930. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated in Zoological Record for 1930 (Pisces):48; also by Fowler 1936:1186 [ref. 6546]. •Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887 subgenus Trachinostomias -- (Prokofiev 2019:463 [ref. 36966]). Current status: Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae.

Photonectes Günther [A.] 1887:212 [Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger v. 22 (pt 57); ref. 2013] Masc. Lucifer albipennis Döderlein 1882. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Lucifer Döderlein 1882, preoccupied by Lucifer Thompson 1830 in Crustacea and by Lucifer Reichenbach 1849 in Aves. •Valid as Photonectes Günther 1887 -- (Morrow in Morrow & Gibbs 1964:486 [ref. 6962], Morrow 1973:140 [ref. 7175], Kawaguchi & Moser 1984:171 [ref. 13642], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:362 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:52 [ref. 6441], Fink 1985:11 [ref. 5171], Gibbs 1986:243 [ref. 5655], Paxton et al. 1989:202 [ref. 12442], Harold 1999:1913 [ref. 24741], Harold 2003:909 [ref. 27001], Paxton et al. 2006:450 [ref. 28995], Klepadlo 2011:201 [ref. 31414], Prokofiev 2014:380 [ref. 33470], Parin et al. 2014:149 [ref. 33547], Prokofiev 2015:131 [ref. 33761] as a subgenus, Kenaley & Stewart 2015:519 [ref. 34248], Prokofiev 2016:487 [ref. 34688], Koeda & Ho 2019:180 [ref. 36650], Prokofiev & Klepadlo 2019:270 [ref. 36682], Prokofiev 2019:449 [ref. 36966], Prokofiev & Frable 2021:720 [ref. 38606]). Current status: Valid as Photonectes Günther 1887. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae.

Photonectoides Koefoed [E.] 1956:11 [Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 v. 4 (pt 2, no. 5); ref. 2653] Masc. Photonectoides paucidentatus Koefoed 1956. Type by monotypy. Proposed somewhat conditionally as "Photonectoides n. g.?", but available (conditional proposal before 1961). •Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887 -- (Gibbs in Fink 1985:2 [ref. 5171], Prokofiev 2019:464 [ref. 36966]). Current status: Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae.

Trachinostomias (subgenus of Photonectes) Parr [A. E.] 1927:105 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 2); ref. 3367] Masc. Echiostoma margarita Goode & Bean 1896. Type by subsequent designation. "P. marginata... and...P. flagellatus... may be regarded as the type species"; therefore no type designated. Earliest type designation not researched. •Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887, but a valid subgenus Trachinostomias as described -- (Morrow in Morrow & Gibbs 1964:488, 489 [ref. 6962], Prokofiev 2015:131 [ref. 33761], Prokofiev 2019:463 [ref. 36966]). Current status: Synonym of Photonectes Günther 1887. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae.