Bathyonus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1885:603 Masc. Bathynectes laticeps Günther 1878. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Bathynectes Günther 1878, preoccupied by Bathynectes Stimpson 1871 in Crustacea. •Valid as Bathyonus Goode & Bean 1885 -- (Cohen & Nielsen 1978:27 [ref. 881], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1159 [ref. 13677], Nielsen 1997:58 [ref. 23255], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:48, 58 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1980 [ref. 24753], Endo et al. 2000:43 [ref. 24516], Nielsen & Robins 2003:968 [ref. 27008], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:205 [ref. 28944], Nielsen et al. 2008:49 [ref. 29625], Nielsen & Møller 2008:26 [ref. 29803], Carnevale & Johnson 2015:778 [ref. 34391]). Current status: Valid as Bathyonus Goode & Bean 1885. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae.