Bathynectes Günther [A.] 1878:20 Masc. Bathynectes laticeps Günther 1878. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:394 [ref. 4904]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Bathynectes Stimpson 1871 in Crustacea, replaced by Bathyonus Goode & Bean 1885. On Official Index (Direction 37). •Synonym of Mixonus Günther 1887 -- (Nielsen 1973:551 [ref. 6885]). •Synonym of Bathyonus Goode & Bean 1885 -- (Cohen & Nielsen 1978:27 [ref. 881], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:48 [ref. 24448], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:205 [ref. 28944], Nielsen & Møller 2008:26 [ref. 29803]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Bathyonus Goode & Bean 1885. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae.