micropogon, Astronesthes Goodyear [R. H.] & Gibbs [R. H., Jr.] 1970:116, Fig. 2E, 5 [Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft v. 20 (nos 2/3) (Dec. 1969); ref. 7424] Eastern tropical Atlantic, 1°58'N, 4°00'W, 1400 meters of wire out. Holotype: USNM 203612. Paratypes: ISH 300-1966a-c (3), 452-1966 (1), 513-1966 (1), 374-1968a-b (2), 413-1968a-b (2), 771-1968 (1), 1015-1968 (1); MCZ 42867 (1), 46366 (1); SIO 63-560 (1); UF 211337 [ex UMML 11337] (1), 215899 [ex UMML 15899] (1); USNM 199501 (3, 1 c&s), 203613-17 (1 ea.), 204248 (1); ZMUC P202762-65. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:27 [ref. 9588], Krefft 1978:10 [ref. 9884]. •Valid as Astronesthes micropogon Goodyear & Gibbs 1970 -- (Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:329 [ref. 13675], Gibbs 1990:302 [ref. 14899], Santos et al. 1997:34 [ref. 23531], Parin & Borodulina 1997:779 [ref. 23751], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:455 [ref. 23897], Porteiro et al. 1999:9 [ref. 24203], Harold 2003:895 [ref. 27001], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:46 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:185 [ref. 27076], Parin & Borodulina 2003:595 [ref. 27333], Carneiro et al. 2019:94 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:90 [ref. 37832], Fermon et al. 2022:173 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:86 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Astronesthes micropogon Goodyear & Gibbs 1970. Stomiidae: Astronesthinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic; eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Namibia. Habitat: marine.