laticeps, Bathynectes Günther [A.] 1878:20 [4] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28); ref. 2010] Mid-Atlantic, Challenger station 104, depth 2500 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1887.12.7.46. On p. 4 of separate. See also Günther 1887:108, Pl. 25 (fig. B) [ref. 2013]. •Valid as Mixonus laticeps (Günther 1878) -- (Nielsen 1973:551 [ref. 6885]). •Valid as Bathyonus laticeps (Günther 1878) -- (Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1159 [ref. 13677], Nielsen 1990:566 [ref. 16246], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:59 [ref. 24448], Endo et al. 2000:43 [ref. 24516], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:59 [ref. 27192], Nielsen & Robins 2003:968 [ref. 27008], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:294 [ref. 28946], Nielsen et al. 2008:49 [ref. 29625], Nielsen 2016:1950 [ref. 34583], Vieira et al. 2016:[7] [ref. 34869], Carneiro et al. 2019:157 [ref. 37250], Fermon et al. 2022:206 [ref. 39448] possible). Current status: Valid as Bathyonus laticeps (Günther 1878). Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Atlantic, ?North Pacific. Habitat: marine.