blanfordii, Alepocephalus Alcock [A. W.] 1892:357 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 10 (no. 59); ref. 88] Gulf of Manaar, south of Cape Comorin, 6°58'N, 77°26'50"E, Investigator station 128, depth 902 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F13191. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:99 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:33 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Alcock 1894: Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [ref. 17304]. •Valid as Alepocephalus blanfordii Alcock 1892 -- (Nakamura & Okamura in Okamura et al. 1995:73 [ref. 22531], Mundy 2005:160 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Valid as Alepocephalus blanfordii Alcock 1892. Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Indian Ocean; central Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.