niger, Chiasmodon Johnson [J. Y.] 1864:408 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863 (pt 3) (art. 8) (for 10 Nov. 1863); ref. 5751] Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1863.12.12.4. •Valid as Chiasmodon niger Johnson 1864 -- (Krefft 1973:452 [ref. 7166], Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984:221 [ref. 6441], Johnson & Keene in Whitehead et al. 1986:958 [ref. 13676], Johnson & Keene 1986:731 [ref. 6303], Scott & Scott 1988:401 [ref. 25518], Pequeño 1989:64 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:213 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:173 [ref. 14674], Johnson & Keene 1990:900 [ref. 19355], Santos et al. 1997:98 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:97 [ref. 24952], Uiblein et al. 1999:65 [ref. 24045], Fricke 1999:462 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:1072 [ref. 25182], Mooi & Paxton 2001:3496 [ref. 26280], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:791 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:1072 [ref. 26193], Moore et al. 2003:227 [ref. 27076], McEachran & Sutton 2003:1743 [ref. 27107], Figueiredo et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:93 [ref. 27192], Parin 2003:S19 [ref. 2853], Love et al. 2005:153 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:454 [ref. 28379], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:553 [ref. 28815], Duhamel et al. 2005:374 [ref. 32059], Bray & Hoese 2006:1480 [ref. 29049], Prokofiev 2008:212 [ref. 29559], Melo 2009:586 [ref. 30374] with restricted distribution, Prokofiev & Kukuev 2009:901 [ref. 30607] dated 1863, Prokofiev 2010:506 [ref. 31018], and 508 as cf. niger, Prokofiev 2011:696 [ref. 31701] dated 1863, Parin et al. 2014:461 [ref. 33547], Prokofiev 2014:643 [ref. 34633], Bañón et al. 2016:323 [ref. 34397], Smith in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2766 [ref. 34618], Fricke et al. 2018:300 [ref. 35805], Burton & Lea 2019:87 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:289 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:285 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:78 [ref. 38887], Love et al. 2021:191 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:10 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:211 [ref. 39448] possible). Current status: Valid as Chiasmodon niger Johnson 1864. Chiasmodontidae. Distribution: Circumglobal. Habitat: marine.