achirus, Eustomias Parin [N. V.] & Pokhil'skaya [G. N.] 1974:340, Fig. 12 [Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova v. 96; ref. 7527] Off Port Douglas, Australia, 16°24'S, 149°11'E, Coral Sea, depth 200-0 meters. Holotype: ZIN 41532. Additional material: IOM (1). •Valid as Eustomias achirus Parin & Pokhil'skaya 1974 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:199 [ref. 12442], Gibbs & Barnett 1990:314 [ref. 14915], Clarke 1998:678 [ref. 23419], Harold 1999:1913 [ref. 24741], Harold 2003:911 [ref. 27001], Moore et al. 2003:188 [ref. 27076], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:17 [ref. 28815], Paxton et al. 2006:445 [ref. 28995], Harold 2016:1813 [ref. 34568], Sutton et al. 2020:100 [ref. 37832], Fermon et al. 2022:175 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:87 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Eustomias achirus Parin & Pokhil'skaya 1974. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae. Distribution: Circumglobal, except eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.