atratum, Myctophum Garman [S.] 1899:268 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Northeastern Pacific, 25°26'15"N, 109°48'W, Albatross station 3433, depth 1218 fathoms. Holotype (unique): MCZ 28491. •Valid as Hygophum atratum (Garman 1899) -- (Paxton 1979:12 [ref. 6440], Paxton et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1320 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:235 [ref. 24545], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:593 [ref. 25122], Chen 2002:130 [ref. 26587], Love et al. 2005:44 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:255 [ref. 28944], Fourriére et al. 2016:454 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:68 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:95 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Hygophum atratum (Garman 1899). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of southern Baja California (Mexico), including Gulf of California (Mexico); larvae straying south to Peru. Habitat: marine.