Lepophidium Gill [T. N.] 1895:167 Neut. Leptophidium profundorum Gill 1863. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Leptophidium Gill 1863, preoccupied by Leptophidium Hallowell 1860 in Ophidia. •Valid as Lepophidium Gill 1895 -- (Nielsen 1973:553 [ref. 6885], Cohen & Nielsen 1978:14 [ref. 881], Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:27, 34 [ref. 24448], Nielsen & Robins 2003:967 [ref. 27008], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:206 [ref. 28944], Mincarone et al. 2008:52 [ref. 29626], Robins et al. 2012:3 [ref. 32161], Carnevale & Johnson 2015:778 [ref. 34391]). Current status: Valid as Lepophidium Gill 1895. Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae.