ritteri, Lampanyctus Gilbert [C. H.] 1915:318, Pl. 15 (fig. 3) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 48 (no. 2075); ref. 1632] Monterey Bay, California, U.S.A., Albatross station 4513, depth 389-456 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 75807. Paratypes: CAS-SU 25495 (1), 25522 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:20 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Nannobrachium ritteri (Gilbert 1915) -- (Zahuranec 2000:26 [ref. 24618], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:257 [ref. 25968], Love et al. 2005:46 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:256 [ref. 28944], Fourriére et al. 2016:455 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:348 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:46 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:71 [ref. 39279]). •Valid as Lampanyctus ritteri Gilbert 1915 -- (Paxton 1979:13 [ref. 6440], Peden et al. 1985:7 [ref. 24081], Matarese et al. 1989:168 [ref. 26885], Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:107 [ref. 14674], Shinohara et al. 1994:73 [ref. 22800], Paxton et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1320 [ref. 22830], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:49 [ref. 37828], Page et al. 2023:96 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lampanyctus ritteri Gilbert 1915. Myctophidae: Lampanyctinae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.) south to southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico). Habitat: marine.