mediterraneus, Bathypterois Bauchot [M.-L.] 1962:639, Figs. 4b, 6 [Vie et Milieu v. 13 (fasc. 4); ref. 4154] Rosas, Costa Brava, Catalunya, Spain, western Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: MNHN 1962-0561. Paratypes: (7, spec. nos. 2-3, 5-9). Described as a species and as a subspecies. Also appeared as new in Bauchot 1962:265 [ref. 32097]. •Synonym of Bathypterois dubius Vaillant 1888 -- (Quéro & Ribes 1999:200 [ref. 24061], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:42 [ref. 26753], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:23 [ref. 36649]). •Valid as Bathypterois mediterraneus Bauchot 1962 -- (Nielsen 1973:164 [ref. 6885], Sulak 1977:91 [ref. 4299], Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:417 [ref. 13675], Klausewitz 1989:255 [ref. 13650], Galil & Goren 1994:48 [ref. 23163], Fishelson & Galil 2001:556 [ref. 25283], Golani 2005:22 [ref. 37112], Dalyan & Kesici in Kousteni et al. 2022:441 [ref. 39260]). Current status: Valid as Bathypterois mediterraneus Bauchot 1962. Ipnopidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.