argyropastus, Physiculus Alcock [A. W.] 1894:180 [12], Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 62 (pt 2, No. 4); ref. 89] Bay of Bengal [ca. 43 kilometers southeast of Tangutur/Tanguturu, Andhra Pradesh State, India, eastern Indian Ocean], 15°04'07"N, 80°25'07"E, Investigator station 137, depth 128 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1895.1.3.6 (1), ZSI F13439 to F13441 (3), ?USNM 46754 [ex ZSI F13547] (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:137 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:37 [ref. 22148]. On p. 12 of separate. Figured in Alcock 1898: Pl. 22 (fig. 1) [ref. 20534]. •Valid as Physiculus argyropastus Alcock 1894 -- (Paulin 1989:105 [ref. 9297], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:370 [ref. 18936], Shcherbachev 1993:156 [ref. 21210], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S98 [ref. 27377], Fricke et al. 2009:26 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35805], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Babu et al. 2022: 120 [ref. 39053]). Current status: Valid as Physiculus argyropastus Alcock 1894. Moridae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Comoros and Madagascar to western Mascarenes and India. Habitat: marine.