rostratus, Alepocephalus Risso [A.] 1820:271, Pl. 10 (fig. 4) [Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino v. 25; ref. 3756] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN B-0844 (1, drt, poor condition), B-0845 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1945:375 [ref. 21554]. Also see Risso 1827:449, Pl. 11 (fig. 28) [ref. 3757]. •Valid as Alepocephalus rostratus Risso 1820 -- (Krefft 1973:86 [ref. 7166], Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:232 [ref. 13675], Markle & Sazonov 1990:248 [ref. 14215], Santos et al. 1997:26 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:26 [ref. 24952], Bañón et al. 2016:306 [ref. 34397], Hartel & Orrell 2016:1768 [ref. 34565], Carneiro et al. 2019:75 [ref. 37250], Quéro et al. 2019:25 [ref. 36877], Bañón & Maño 2021:52 [ref. 38883], Kovačić et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:129 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Alepocephalus rostratus Risso 1820. Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Western Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: off Ireland and France south to Namibia, including Azores, Madeira and Cape Verde Islands. Habitat: marine.