brevicauda, Brotulataenia Cohen [D. M.] 1974:146, Figs. 1-2 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 55 (no. 2); ref. 6890] Atlantic, 10°52'N, 22°09'W, depth 608-0 meters. Holotype: ISH 2640-1971. Paratypes: ISH 630-1968 (1), 889-1973 (1), 2459-1971 (1); USNM 209234 (1), 209608 (1), 209610-11 (1, 1); ZIN uncat. (1, not received); ZMUC P77555 (1). Type catalog: Krefft 1978:14 [ref. 9884]. Original genus should have been spelled Brotulotaenia. •Valid as Brotulotaenia brevicauda Cohen 1974 -- (Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1161 [ref. 13677], Nielsen 1990:567 [ref. 16246], Machida et al. 1997:423 [ref. 23365], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:712 [ref. 23897], Bañón et al. 1999:189 [ref. 24059], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:26 [ref. 24448], Nielsen & Robins 2003:967 [ref. 27008], Okuyama & Kato 2002:159 [ref. 27033], Fahay & Nielsen 2003:210 [ref. 27217], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:292 [ref. 28946], Nielsen 2016:1950 [ref. 34583], Carneiro et al. 2019:157 [ref. 37250], Page et al. 2023:108 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Brotulotaenia brevicauda Cohen 1974. Ophidiidae: Brotulotaeniinae. Distribution: Atlantic; Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.