pterotus, Neobythites Alcock [A. W.] 1890:210 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26); ref. 82] Off Madras coast, India, 18°26'N, 85°24'E, Investigator station 97, depth 1310 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F12832. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:149 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:41 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Alcock 1894: Pl. 11 (fig. 4) [ref. 17304] and in Alcock 1900: Pl. 29 (fig. 1) [ref. 20536]. •Valid as Holcomycteronus pterotus (Alcock 1890) -- (Cohen & Nielsen 1978:32 [ref. 881], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:68 [ref. 24448], Anderson & Stein 2006:3 [ref. 28595], Nielsen et al. 2008:48 [ref. 29625], Nielsen & Møller 2011:785 [ref. 31147]). Current status: Valid as Holcomycteronus pterotus (Alcock 1890). Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.