ocellatus, Neobythites Günther [A.] 1887:103, Pl. 21 (fig. B) [Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger v. 22 (pt 57); ref. 2013] Off Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil, 9°05'S, 34°50'W, Challenger station 122, depth 350 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1887.12.7.43. •Valid as Neobythites ocellatus Günther 1887 -- (Nielsen & Retzer 1994:992 [ref. 21652], Nielsen 1999:346 [ref. 24424], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:82 [ref. 24448], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:152 [ref. 27754], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:59 [ref. 27192], Nielsen & Robins 2003:969 [ref. 27008], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:295, 298 [ref. 28946], Mincarone et al. 2008:54 [ref. 29626], Nielsen et al. 2009:63 [ref. 30411], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:115 [ref. 37485], Uiblein & Nielsen 2023:191 [ref. 40427]). Current status: Valid as Neobythites ocellatus Günther 1887. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Bahamas; Venezuela south to Bahia (Brazil). Habitat: marine.