brevis, Ahliesaurus Bertelsen [E.], Krefft [G.] & Marshall [N. B.] 1976:27, Figs. 17-19 [Dana Report No. 86; ref. 289] Central North Pacific, 25°27.9'N, 178°07.3'E to 25°50'N, 178°31.9'E, depth 3000-0 meters. Holotype: SIO 68-483. Paratypes: Dana 3585 IX (1), 3602 VI (1), 3791 II (1), 3792 II (1), 3817 II (3), 3821 II (1); SIO 68-478 (1), 69-23 (1), Vityaz station 5034 (1). Plus additional material. •Valid as Ahliesaurus brevis Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall 1976 -- (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:64 [ref. 6441], Paxton & Niem 1999:1927 [ref. 24746], Nakabo 2000:361 [ref. 25086], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:591 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:361 [ref. 26001], Love et al. 2005:42 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:197 [ref. 28379], Shinohara et al. 2005:408 [ref. 28370], Fricke et al. 2011:359 [ref. 31242], Parin et al. 2014:150 [ref. 33547], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:20 [ref. 37828], Love et al. 2021:64 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:91 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ahliesaurus brevis Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall 1976. Notosudidae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Kuril Islands (Japan); eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) southward. Habitat: marine.