Himantolophus Reinhardt [J. C. H.] 1837:116, 136, 195 Masc. Himantolophus groenlandicus Reinhardt 1837. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Himantolophus Reinhardt 1837 -- (Maul 1973:668 [ref. 7171], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:105 [ref. 6441], Pietsch 1986:376 [ref. 5704], Bertelsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1378 [ref. 13677], Bertelsen & Krefft 1988 [ref. 6615], Paxton et al. 1989:289 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:299 [ref. 22532], Meléndez C. & Kong 1997:11 [ref. 23092], Pietsch 1999:2029 [ref. 24766], Anderson & Leslie 2001:5 [ref. 26165], Pietsch 2003:1061 [ref. 27014], Iglésias 2005:191 [ref. 28436], Paxton et al. 2006:659 [ref. 28995], Pietsch 2008:381 [ref. 30637], Pietsch 2009:333 [ref. 30766], Stewart & Pietsch 2010:53 [ref. 31031], Pietsch & Kenaley 2011:490 [ref. 31709], Parin et al. 2014:186 [ref. 33547], Stewart et al. 2015:910 [ref. 34272], Ho et al. 2016:278 [ref. 34483], Rajeeshkumar et al. 2022:589 [ref. 39551]). Current status: Valid as Himantolophus Reinhardt 1837. Himantolophidae.