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Species in the genus Selachophidium: [ 2 ] records

americanum, Selachophidium Nielsen [J. G.] 1971:26, Fig. 5 [Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft v. 22 (no. 1); ref. 7451] Argentine basin, southern Atlantic, 30°03'S, 47°44'W, depth 800 meters. Holotype: ISH 1803-1968a. Paratypes: ISH 1803-1968b-f (5); USNM 205095 (1); ZMUC P77531 (1, stained), P77532. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:78 [ref. 9588], Krefft 1978:14 [ref. 9884]. •Valid as Monomitopus americanus (Nielsen 1971) -- (Carter & Cohen 1985:87 [ref. 5145], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:78 [ref. 24448], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:59 [ref. 27192], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:113 [ref. 37485], Nión et al. 2016:40 [ref. 35565]). •Valid as Selachophidium americanum (Nielsen 1971) -- (Girard & Johnson 2024:10 [ref. 41368]). Current status: Valid as Selachophidium americanum (Nielsen 1971). Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil) south to Uruguay. IUCN (2019): Least Concern (as Monomitopus americanus). Habitat: marine.

guentheri, Selachophidium Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1903:209, Pl. 17 [Marine Investigations in South Africa v. 2; ref. 1645] Off Table Mountain, bearing N 79°E distant 40 miles, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic, depth 250 fathoms. Lectotype: SAM 12081. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1902.5.28.7-8 (2). Lectotype selected by Nielsen 1971:23 [ref. 7451]. •Valid as Selachophidium guentheri Gilchrist 1903 -- (Nielsen 1971:21 [ref. 7451], Cohen & Nielsen 1978:39 [ref. 881], Nielsen & Cohen 1986:350 [ref. 5700], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:165 [ref. 36134], Nielsen 1990:572 [ref. 16246], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:145 [ref. 25472], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:88 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 2016:1951 [ref. 34583], Girard & Johnson 2024:3 [ref. 41368]). Current status: Valid as Selachophidium guentheri Gilchrist 1903. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, western Indian Ocean: Namibia south to off Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then north to southern Mozambique. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.