prorates, Leptophidium Jordan [D. S.] & Bollman [C. H.] 1890:172 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 12 (no. 770); ref. 2433] Panama (Pacific), 8°47'00"N, 79°29'30"W, depth 14 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 41149. Paratypes: CAS-SU 445 (2), USNM 41247 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:102 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Lepophidium prorates (Jordan & Bollman 1890) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:74 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:74 [ref. 23101], Lea in Fischer et al. 1995:1346 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:246 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:227 [ref. 24555], Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:36 [ref. 24448], González-Acosta & De la Cruz-Agüero 1999:40 [ref. 24505], Nelson et al. 2004:91 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:51 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:198 [ref. 28944], Robins et al. 2012:7 [ref. 32161], Page et al. 2013:94 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:83 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:151 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Lepophidium prorates (Jordan & Bollman 1890). Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.