Thalassobathia Cohen [D. M.] 1963:1 Fem. Thalassobathia pelagica Cohen 1963. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Thalassobathia Cohen 1963 -- (Nielsen 1973:552 [ref. 6885], Cohen & Nielsen 1978:51 [ref. 881], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1156 [ref. 13677], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:96, 111 [ref. 24448], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:266 [ref. 25968], Prokofiev & Kukuev 2008:565 [ref. 30239], Nielsen et al. 2010:224 [ref. 30920] in Ophidiidae, Parin et al. 2014:183 [ref. 33547] in Bythitidae, Carnevale & Johnson 2015:778 [ref. 34391]). Current status: Valid as Thalassobathia Cohen 1963. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae.