edentulus, Alepocephalus Alcock [A. W.] 1892:358, Pl. 18 (fig. 2) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 10 (no. 59); ref. 88] Bay of Bengal, l2°50'N, 8l°30'E, Investigator station 132, depth 475 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F13192. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:99 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:33 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Alcock 1900: Pl. 32 (fig. 4) [ref. 20536]. •Valid as Einara edentula (Alcock 1892) -- (Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:242 [ref. 13675], Markle & Sazonov 1990:256 [ref. 14215], Santos et al. 1997:28 [ref. 23531], Pequeño 1997:80 [ref. 23536], Arruda 1997:27 [ref. 24952], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1893 [ref. 24739], Carter & Hartel 2003:878 [ref. 27000], Hartel et al. 2008:321 [ref. 29890], Møller et al. 2010:24 [ref. 31169], Hartel & Orrell 2016:1769 [ref. 34565], Carneiro et al. 2019:77 [ref. 37250], Page et al. 2023:62 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:154 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Einara edentula (Alcock 1892). Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Circumglobal, except Polar waters. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.