indicus, Astronesthes Brauer [A.] 1902:287 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 25 (no. 668); ref. 631] Between Zanzibar (Tanzania) and Seychelles, western Indian Ocean, 5°12'05"S, 46°32'03"E, Valdivia station 238, depth 3000 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMB 17433 (apparently lost). Holotype apparently lost; neotype designated by Parin & Borodulina 1996:586 [ref. 23199] as ZIN 51051, from southeast of Sri Lanka, 5°09'N, 86°18'E, 1000 m. The gender of Astronesthes is feminine, and indicus an adjective; therefore ending indica is correct. •Valid as Astronesthes indicus Brauer 1902 -- (Gibbs 1964:322 [ref. 6960], Gibbs & Morrow 1973:127 [ref. 7174], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:328 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:49 [ref. 6441], Gibbs 1986:232 [ref. 5655], Paxton et al. 1989:195 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:31 [ref. 14125], Parin & Borodulina 1996:584 [ref. 23199], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:453 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:89 [ref. 24106], Harold 1999:1906 [ref. 24741], Savinykh & Balanov 1999:422 [ref. 24871], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:591 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:297 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:326 [ref. 26001], Parin & Borodulina 2003:596 [ref. 27333], Mundy 2005:174 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:436 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2011:357 [ref. 31242], Harold 2016:1799 [ref. 34568], Carneiro et al. 2019:94 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:88 [ref. 37832], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:68 [ref. 41223], Page et al. 2023:86 [ref. 40505]). •Valid as Astronesthes indica Brauer 1902 -- (Nakabo 2000:326 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2005:406 [ref. 28370], Liao et al. 2006:523 [ref. 29419]). Current status: Valid as Astronesthes indica Brauer 1902. Stomiidae: Astronesthinae. Distribution: Circumglobal. Habitat: marine.