nodulosus, Xenodermichthys Günther [A.] 1878:250 [23] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28); ref. 2010] Off Tokyo, Japan, Challenger station 232, depth 345 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1887.12.7.236. On p. 23 of separate. See also Günther 1887:230, Pl. 58 (fig. C) [ref. 2013]. •Valid as Xenodermichthys nodulosus Günther 1878 -- (Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:43 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:139, 332 [ref. 8057], Nakamura & Okamura in Okamura et al. 1995:80 [ref. 22531], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1893 [ref. 24739], Nakabo 2000:293 [ref. 25086], Sazonov & Williams 2001:S27 [ref. 26712], Nakabo 2002:293 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:404 [ref. 28370]). Current status: Valid as Xenodermichthys nodulosus Günther 1878. Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.