hextii, Tauredophidium Alcock [A. W.] 1890:213, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [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. Syntypes: BMNH 1890.11.28.28 [ex ZSI F12831] (1); ZSI F12829-30 (2). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:100 [ref. 20743], Menon and Rama-Rao 1970:377 [ref. 27516], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:41 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Alcock 1898: Pl. 21 (fig. 3) [ref. 20534]. •Valid as Tauredophidium hextii Alcock 1890 -- (Cohen & Nielsen 1978:20 [ref. 881], Nielsen 1997:77 [ref. 23255], Machida et al. 1997:175 [ref. 25734], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:92 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1981 [ref. 24753], Fricke et al. 2011:367 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2018:85 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Tauredophidium hextii Alcock 1890. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Madagascar; India; New Caledonia; probably more widespread. Habitat: marine.