brevibarbe, Ophidium Cuvier [G.] 1829:359 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5772 (2). •Valid as Lepophidium brevibarbe (Cuvier 1829) -- (Arai in Uyeno et al. 1983:226 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:98 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:75 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:375 [ref. 23827], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:716 [ref. 23897], Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:35, 36 [ref. 24448], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:59 [ref. 27192], Nielsen & Robins 2003:971 [ref. 27008], Moore et al. 2003:207 [ref. 27076], Smith et al. 2003:11 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:91 [ref. 27807], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:292, 297 [ref. 28946], Mincarone et al. 2008:52 [ref. 29626], García-Hernández et al. 2009:91 [ref. 37265], Robins et al. 2012:5 [ref. 32161] with a holotype on p. 48, Page et al. 2013:94 [ref. 32708], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:112 [ref. 37485], Caires in Marceniuk et al. 2021:195 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:79 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:109 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lepophidium brevibarbe (Cuvier 1829). Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southeastern U.S.A. south to Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.