bicolor, Alepocephalus Alcock [A. W.] 1891:133 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 8 (no. 43/44); ref. 87] Bay of Bengal, 15°56'50"N, 81°30.5'E, Investigator station 120, depth 240-276 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1891.9.2.4 [ex ZSI F13082] (1); ZSI 13078 (1, not found), 13079 (1), 13080 (1), 13081 (1, not found), 13083 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:33 [ref. 22148], Menon and Rama-Rao 1970:377 [ref. 27516], Menon & Rama Rao 1971:343 [ref. 31198], Talwar 1977:636 [ref. 26599]. Figured in Alcock 1892: Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [ref. 20531]. •Valid as Alepocephalus bicolor Alcock 1891 -- (Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:42 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:113, 328 [ref. 8057], Paxton et al. 1989:209 [ref. 12442], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1892 [ref. 24739], Nakabo 2000:290 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:590 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:290 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S97 [ref. 27377], Shinohara et al. 2005:403 [ref. 28370], Hoese et al. 2006:385 [ref. 29035], Senda et al. 2020:111 [ref. 37789]). Current status: Valid as Alepocephalus bicolor Alcock 1891. Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Arabian Sea east to taiwan, north to southern Japan, south to northern Western Australia. Habitat: marine.