Holcomycteronus Garman [S.] 1899:162 Masc. Holcomycteronus digittatus Garman 1899. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Bassogigas Goode & Bean 1896 -- (Nielsen 1973:549 [ref. 6885]). •Valid as Holcomycteronus Garman 1899 -- (Cohen & Nielsen 1978:32 [ref. 881], Nielsen 1980:17 [ref. 6926], Anderson et al. 1986:800 [ref. 5164], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1162 [ref. 13677], Nielsen & Cohen 1986:347 [ref. 5700], Nielsen 1990:207 [ref. 21689], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:49, 67 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1981 [ref. 24753], Nielsen & Robins 2003:969 [ref. 27008], Mundy 2005:244 [ref. 2837], Anderson & Stein 2006:1 [ref. 28595], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:205 [ref. 28944], Nielsen et al. 2008:44 [ref. 29625], Mincarone et al. 2008:51 [ref. 29626], Nielsen & Møller 2011:783 [ref. 31447], Nielsen & Møller 2015:718 [ref. 34259], Carnevale & Johnson 2015:778 [ref. 34391]). Current status: Valid as Holcomycteronus Garman 1899. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae.