Benthodesmus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1882:380 Masc. Lepidopus elongatus Clarke 1879. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type designated on p. 381. •Valid as Benthodesmus Goode & Bean 1882 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:253 [ref. 7348], Collette et al. 1984:600 [ref. 11421], Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:227 [ref. 6441], Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:977 [ref. 13676], Nakamura 1986:829 [ref. 5696], Nakamura & Parin 1993:71 [ref. 21769], Gomon et al. 1994:816 [ref. 22532], Gago 1997:161 [ref. 23513], Gago 1998:10 [ref. 25565], Nakamura & Parin 2001:3711 [ref. 26304], Parin & Nakamura 2003:1827 [ref. 27115], Parin 2003:S26 [ref. 28536], Bray et al. 2006:1763 [ref. 29091], Gomon 2008:780 [ref. 30616], Parin et al. 2014:509 [ref. 33547], Stewart 2015:1619 [ref. 34196], Bañón et al. 2016:324 [ref. 34397], Fricke et al. 2018:361 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:310 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Benthodesmus Goode & Bean 1882. Trichiuridae: Aphanopodinae.