nematopus, Physiculus Gilbert [C. H.] 1890:114 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797); ref. 1623] Both coasts of Baja California, Mexico, depth 71-221 fathoms. Syntypes: (many) BMNH 1900.9 [or 8].29.249 (1); CAS-SU 141 (1); USNM 44282 (2), 46486 (2), 46555 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:55 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Physiculus nematopus Gilbert 1890 -- (Matarese et al. 1989:183 [ref. 26885], Paulin 1989:119 [ref. 9297], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:370 [ref. 18936], Bussing & López S. 1994:72 [ref. 23101], Paulin in Fischer et al. 1995:1286 [ref. 22830], McCosker et al. 1997:25 [ref. 22816], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:2040 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:239 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:93 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:55 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:196 [ref. 28944], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:92 [ref. 32708], Robertson et al. 2017:57 [ref. 35676], Burton & Lea 2019:50 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:79 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:17 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:102 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Physiculus nematopus Gilbert 1890. Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.