Coloconger Alcock [A. W.] 1889:456 Masc. Coloconger raniceps Alcock 1889. Type by monotypy. Misspelled Cologonger in Zoological Record for 1889. •Valid as Coloconger Alcock 1889 -- (Blache & Bauchot 1976:428 [ref. 305], Karrer 1982:41 [ref. 5679], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:27 [ref. 6441], Castle 1986:163 [ref. 5644], Paxton et al. 1989:144 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:417 [ref. 13285], Smith 1999:1670 [ref. 24661], Smith 2003:734 [ref. 26989], Paxton et al. 2006:279 [ref. 28994], López et al. 2007:959 [ref. 29442], Fricke et al. 2009:20 [ref. 30213], Zhang et al. 2010:184 [ref. 31511], Fricke et al. 2018:47 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:55 [ref. 36673], Ho et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38560]). Current status: Valid as Coloconger Alcock 1889. Colocongridae.