blacodes, Ophidium Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:484 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] New Zealand. No types known. Based on description in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). See Corrigenda for citation to Forster manuscript; author is Forster. •Valid as Genypterus blacodes (Forster 1801) -- (Chong 1985:36 [ref. 25223], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:144 [ref. 14235], Paxton et al. 1989:311 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:48 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:131 [ref. 24556], Machida in Amaoka et al. 1990:197 [ref. 16024], Lloris & Rucabado 1991:64 [ref. 22530], Gomon et al. 1994:368 [ref. 22532], Andreata & Séret 1996:583 [ref. 16204] with author as Schneider, López et al. 1996:28 [ref. 23681], Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:29, 30 [ref. 24448], Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:80 [ref. 25942], Hutchins 2001:23 [ref. 25847], López et al. 2002:63 [ref. 26808], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:59 [ref. 27192], Smith & Paulin 2003:188 [ref. 27042], Hoese et al. 2006:559 [ref. 29051], Gomon 2008:354 [ref. 30616], Mabragaña et al. 2011:10 and table S2 [ref. 31800], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:109 [ref. 36167], Nielsen & Møller 2015:717 [ref. 34259], Nión et al. 2016:40 [ref. 35565], Kim et al. 2021:94 [ref. 39117], Carvalho-Filho 2023:78 [ref. 40480], Chiaramonte et al. 2023:210 [ref. 40423]). Current status: Valid as Genypterus blacodes (Forster 1801). Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in Southern Hemisphere. Habitat: marine.