brevirostris, Centrobranchus Becker [V. E.] 1964:52, Fig. 21 [Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova v. 73; ref. 8009] Pacific, 33°19'N, 151°08'E, Vitiaz station 3234, surface. Holotype: ZIN 37344. Paratypes: (9, not at ZIN). Type catalog: Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:77 [ref. 37828]. •Questionably valid as Ceratobranchus brevirostris Becker 1964 -- (Paxton 1979:7 [ref. 6440]). •Valid as Centrobranchus brevirostris Becker 1964 -- (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:67 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:380 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:380 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:411 [ref. 28370]). •Synonym of Centrobranchus nigroocellatus (Günther 1873) -- (Gago & Lavenberg 1992:154 [ref. 19897], Mundy 2005:213 [ref. 28379], Koerber 2024:36 [ref. 41215]). Current status: Synonym of Centrobranchus nigroocellatus (Günther 1873). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.