nigromaculatus, Macrourus McCulloch [A. R.] 1907:346, Pl. 63 (figs. 1-1a) [Records of the Australian Museum v. 6 (no. 5); ref. 15157] 35 miles east of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, depth 800 fathoms. Holotype: AMS I.7894. Paratypes: AMS I.7895-97 (1, 1, 1); BMNH 1907.7.4.4 (1). •Valid as Ventrifossa nigromaculatus (McCulloch 1907) -- (Okamura in Amaoka et al. 1990:194 [ref. 16024]). •Valid as Ventrifossa nigromaculata (McCulloch 1907) -- (Iwamoto 1979:153 [ref. 2311], Paxton et al. 1989:330 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:46 [ref. 14125], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:309 [ref. 18936], Gomon et al. 1994:364 [ref. 22532]). •Valid as Lucigadus nigromaculatus (McCulloch 1907) -- (Iwamoto & Williams 1999:184 [ref. 23875], Iwamoto & Graham 2001:481 [ref. 25637], Bray et al. 2006:598 [ref. 29065], Iwamoto & McMillan 2008:340 [ref. 30636], Iwamoto & Okamoto 2015:372 [ref. 33958], McMillan & Iwamoto 2015:813 [ref. 34263], Nión et al. 2016:39 [ref. 35565] as nigromaculata). Current status: Valid as Lucigadus nigromaculatus (McCulloch 1907). Macrouridae. Distribution: Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean off Australia, southwestern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.