nigrodorsalis, Ventrifossa Gilbert [C. H.] & Hubbs [C. L.] 1920:546, Fig. 36 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 1 (pt 7); ref. 1638] Off northern coast of Mindanao, Philippines, 8°37'37"N, 124°35'E, Albatross station 5502, depth 214 fathoms [391 meters]. Holotype: USNM 83627. Paratypes: (168) USNM 99449 (1), 135693 (1), 148795 (2), 148974 (5), 148986 (2), 148989 (9), 149030 (11), 149300 (6), 149302 (14), 149362 (4), 149458 (7), 149460 (1), 149478 (4), 149481-89 (2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), plus 24 more lots. Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:37 [ref. 31432]. See also Adam et al. 1998:10 [ref. 23610]. •Valid as Ventrifossa nigrodorsalis Gilbert & Hubbs 1920 -- (Okamura in Okamura et al. 1982:147, 348 [ref. 8256], Paxton et al. 1989:329 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:130 [ref. 24556], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:307 [ref. 18936], Iwamoto & Merrett 1997:559 [ref. 23710], Iwamoto & Williams 1999:224 [ref. 23875], Iwamoto 1999:1992 [ref. 24761], Merrett & Iwamoto 2000:776 [ref. 25037], Iwamoto in Randall & Lim 2000:595 [ref. 25122], Iwamoto & Graham 2001:497 [ref. 25637], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Bray et al. 2006:606 [ref. 29065], Fricke et al. 2011:365 [ref. 31242], Ho & Shao 2011:37 [ref. 31432], Iwamoto et al. 2015:114 [ref. 35408], Nakayama 2020:306 [ref. 37888]). Current status: Valid as Ventrifossa nigrodorsalis Gilbert & Hubbs 1920. Macrouridae. Distribution: Western Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean off western Australia, New Caledonia region, Indonesia north to Philippines, Taiwan and South China Sea. Habitat: marine.