aporrhox, Lepophidium Robins [C. R.] 1961:218, Figs. 5-6 [Copeia 1961 (no. 2); ref. 3785] Northern South America, about 110 miles northeast of Paramaribo, 7°18'N, 54°08'W, Oregon station 2016, depth 50 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 195853. Paratypes: FMNH 64503 (1), 64510 (3 of 4); UF 202302 [ex UMML 2302] (1); USNM 195852 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:51 [ref. 12367] without catalog numbers. •Valid as Lepophidium aporrhox Robins 1961 -- (Cervigón 1991:170 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:375 [ref. 23827], Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:35 [ref. 24448], Nielsen & Robins 2003:968 [ref. 27008], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:292, 297 [ref. 28946], Robins et al. 2012:37[ref. 32161]). Current status: Valid as Lepophidium aporrhox Robins 1961. Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Honduras, northern South America to Trinidad and French Guiana. Habitat: marine.