macropterus, Alepocephalus Vaillant [L. L.] 1888:150, Pl. 11 (figs. 2, 2a-2c) [Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman"; ref. 4496] Off Morocco, Soudan, Banc d'Arguin, depth 863-2115 meters. Lectotype: MNHN 1885-0163. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1885-0159 to 0162 (1, 1, 1, 1), 1885-0164 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:273-274 [ref. 293]. Lectotype selected by Eschmeyer 1998:980 [ref. 23416]. •Valid as Conocara macroptera (Vaillant 1888) -- (Krefft 1973:89 [ref. 7166], Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:239 [ref. 13675], Markle & Sazonov 1990:255 [ref. 14215], Arruda 1997:27 [ref. 24952], Santos et al. 1997:27 [ref. 23531], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:392 [ref. 23897], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:44 [ref. 27192]). •Valid as Conocara macropterum (Vaillant 1888) -- (Sazonov 1997:787 [ref. 23745], Sazonov 2002:272 [ref. 26009], Carter & Hartel 2003:878 [ref. 27000], Sazonov et al. 2009:852 [ref. 30625], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:56 [ref. 37485], Bañón et al. 2016:306 [ref. 34397], Hartel & Orrell 2016:1769 [ref. 34565], Carneiro et al. 2019:76 [ref. 37250], Bañón & Maño 2021:52 [ref. 38883], Fermon et al. 2022:131 [ref. 39448] with question, Page et al. 2023:62 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:154 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Conocara macropterum (Vaillant 1888). Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Tropical and warm temperate Atlantic, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.