productus, Alepocephalus Gill [T. N.] 1883:256 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 6 (no. 380); ref. 1724] Gulf Stream off eastern U.S.A., 39°26'16"N, 70°02'37"W, Albatross station 2035, depth 1362 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 33341. •Valid as Alepocephalus productus Gill 1883 -- (Krefft 1973:87 [ref. 7166], Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:231 [ref. 13675], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:86 [ref. 14235], Nakamura & Okamura in Okamura et al. 1995:73 [ref. 22531], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:385 [ref. 23897], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1892 [ref. 24739], Pakhorukov 2001:377 [ref. 25409] as cf. productus, Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847] as cf. productus, Carter & Hartel 2003:878 [ref. 27000], Moore et al. 2003:178 [ref. 27076], Williams & Stewart 2015:361 [ref. 34243], Hartel & Orrell 2016:1768 [ref. 34565], Carneiro et al. 2019:75 [ref. 37250], Quéro et al. 2019:30 [ref. 36877], Fermon et al. 2022:129 [ref. 39448] with question, Page et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:153 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Alepocephalus productus Gill 1883. Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Atlantic (including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea); southwestern Pacific. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.