Istiompax Whitley [G. P.] 1931:321 Fem. Istiompax australis Whitley 1931. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Described in more detail by Whitley 1931:147 [ref. 16345]. Misspelled Istiopomax in Zoological Record for 1931. •Synonym of Makaira Lacepède 1802 -- (de Sylva 1973:479 [ref. 7210], Nakamura 1983:321 [ref. 5371], Nakamura 1985:27 [ref. 20161]). •Valid as Istiompax Whitley 1931 -- (Collette et al. 2006:464 [ref. 28911], Parin et al. 2014:517 [ref. 33547], Roberts 2015:1641 [ref. 34193], Fricke et al. 2018:365 [ref. 35805], Brown et al. 2019:170 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Istiompax Whitley 1931. Istiophoridae.