Species that contain: Photonectes and braueri [ 3 ] records

braueri, Melanostomias Zugmayer [E.] 1913:3 [Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco) No. 253; ref. 5032] West of the Azores, northeastern Atlantic, 39°19'N, 35°24'30"W, station 3284, depth 0-1000 meters. Holotype (unique): MOM 0091-1555. Type catalog: Belloc 1949:7 [ref. 21544]. •Valid as Photonectes braueri (Zugmayer 1913) -- (Morrow 1973:140 [ref. 7175], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:153 [ref. 14275], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:363 [ref. 13675], Gibbs 1986:243 [ref. 5655], Paxton et al. 1989:202 [ref. 12442], Gibbs & Barnett 1990:333 [ref. 14915], Santos et al. 1997:37 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:38 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:534 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:90 [ref. 24106], Harold 1999:1913 [ref. 24741], Harold 2003:912 [ref. 27001], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:190 [ref. 27076], Paxton et al. 2006:450 [ref. 28995], Klepadlo 2011:202 [ref. 31414] in subgenus Melanonectes, Prokofiev 2014:381 [ref. 33470], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:519 [ref. 34248], Harold 2016:1815 [ref. 34568], Nión et al. 2016:36 [ref. 35565], Carneiro et al. 2019:102 [ref. 37250], Prokofiev 2019:450 [ref. 36966], Sutton et al. 2020:123 [ref. 37832], Page et al. 2023:89 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Photonectes braueri (Zugmayer 1913). Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae. Distribution: Circumglobal, but not in eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

ovibarba, Photonectes Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1930:121, Fig. 115c [Danish Dana Expedition 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Oceanographical Reports. v. 2 (no. 6); ref. 3681] North Atlantic. Syntypes: (11) BMNH 1929.7.6.174 (1), 1929.7.6.175-176 (2); MNHN 1938-0133 (1); ZMUC P202064-70. •Valid as Photonectes ovibarba Regan & Trewavas 1930 -- (Flynn & Klepadlo 2012:265 [ref. 32343] or P. braueri). •Synonym of Photonectes braueri (Zugmayer 1913) -- (Morrow 1973:141 [ref. 7175], Gibbs & Barnett 1990:333 [ref. 14915], Prokofiev 2019:450 [ref. 36966]). Current status: Synonym of Photonectes braueri (Zugmayer 1913). Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae. Habitat: marine.

paucidentatus, Photonectoides Koefoed [E.] 1956:11, Pl. 3 (fig. B) [Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 v. 4 (pt 2, no. 5); ref. 2653] North Atlantic, 28°42'N, 20°00'W, station 45, 300 meters of wire out. Holotype (unique): ZMUB 5292. Type catalog: Frøiland 1979:145 [ref. 21547]. •Synonym of Photonectes braueri (Zugmayer 1913) -- (Gibbs & Barnett 1990:333 [ref. 14915], Prokofiev 2019:450 [ref. 36966]). Current status: Synonym of Photonectes braueri (Zugmayer 1913). Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae. Habitat: marine.