macropogon, Ventrifossa Marshall [N. B.] 1973:658, Fig. 52 [Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (pt 6); ref. 6965] Caribbean Sea off Jamaica, Oregon station 3560, 16°35'N, 80°10'W, depth 315 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 198187. Paratypes: (21) MCZ 43058 (6), USNM 213541 (4). •Valid as Ventrifossa macropogon Marshall 1973 -- (Iwamoto 1979:152 [ref. 2311], Okamura in Okamura et al. 1982:151 [ref. 8256], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:301 [ref. 18936], Iwamoto & Merrett 1997:557 [ref. 23710], Iwamoto & Williams 1999:223 [ref. 23875], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:796 [ref. 23897], Iwamoto 1999:1992 [ref. 24761], Merrett & Iwamoto 2000:776 [ref. 25037], Iwamoto 2003:987 [ref. 27010], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:61 [ref. 27192], Bray et al. 2006:606 [ref. 29065], Melo et al. 2010:38 [ref. 30775], Fricke et al. 2011:365 [ref. 31242], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:100 [ref. 37485], Robertson et al. 2020:158 [ref. 38098], Page et al. 2023:102 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ventrifossa macropogon Marshall 1973. Macrouridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.