stomias, Bathytroctes Gilbert [C. H.] 1890:53 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797); ref. 1623] 47°22'N, 125°48'30"W, off Washington (northwestern U.S.A.), Albatross station 3074, depth 877 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 43081. •Valid as Narcetes stomias (Gilbert 1890) -- (Krefft 1973:91 [ref. 7166], Golovan & Pakhorukov 1979 [ref. 14114], Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:246 [ref. 13675], Markle 1986:221 [ref. 5687], Matarese et al. 1989:76 [ref. 26885], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:168 [ref. 36134], Markle & Sazonov 1990:259 [ref. 14215], Sazonov & Markle 1990:113 [ref. 21681], Sazonov et al. 1993:43 [ref. 21498], Pacheco Tack 1997:69 [ref. 23172], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:395 [ref. 23897], Sazonov 1998:454 [ref. 24862], Fricke 1999:86 [ref. 24106], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1893 [ref. 24739], Sazonov & Williams 2001:S30 [ref. 26712], Carter & Hartel 2003:878 [ref. 27000], Moore et al. 2003:179 [ref. 27076], Duhamel et al. 2005:396 [ref. 32059] with question, Love et al. 2005:31 [ref. 37547], Hoese et al. 2006:390 [ref. 29035], Williams & Stewart 2015:371 [ref. 34243], Hartel & Orrell 2016:1769 [ref. 34565], Carneiro et al. 2019:78 [ref. 37250], Quéro et al. 2019:29 [ref. 36877], Love et al. 2021:49 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:62 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:154 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Narcetes stomias (Gilbert 1890). Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Circumglobal (including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea); in eastern Pacific from Washington (U.S.A.) south to Panama, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.