petersonii, Macrurus Alcock [A. W.] 1891:121 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 8 (no. 43/44); ref. 87] Andaman Sea, 11°31'40"N, 92°46'06"E, Investigator station 115, depth 188-220 fathoms. Syntypes: ZSI F13117-18 (2). Non-types: BMNH 1898.7.13.14 (1), 1898.7.13.15 [ex ZSI] (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:139 [ref. 20743] as patersonii. Original genus should have been Macrourus. Figured in Alcock 1892: Pl. 3 (fig. 5) [ref. 20531]. •Valid as Ventrifossa petersonii (Alcock 1891) -- (Iwamoto 1979:152 [ref. 2311], Okamura in Okamura et al. 1982:159 [ref. 8256] as petersoni, Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:310 [ref. 18936] as petersoni, Adam et al. 1998:10 [ref. 23610] as petersoni, Iwamoto & Williams 1999:228 [ref. 23875] as petersoni, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S98 [ref. 27377]). Current status: Valid as Ventrifossa petersonii (Alcock 1891). Macrouridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.