nigripinnis, Sirembo Alcock [A. W.] 1889:384 [10] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 4 (no. 23); ref. 81] Andaman Sea, 7.5 miles east of North Cingue Island, Investigator station 10, depth 490 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F11764. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:150 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:41 [ref. 22148]. On p. 10 of separate. Figured in Alcock 1894: Pl. 11 (fig. 3) [ref. 17304] as Monomitopus nigripinnis. •Valid as Monomitopus nigripinnis (Alcock 1889) -- (Carter & Cohen 1985:86 [ref. 5145], Nielsen & Cohen 1986:349 [ref. 5700], Adam et al. 1998:9 [ref. 23610], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:78 [ref. 24448], Fricke et al. 2018:84 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Monomitopus nigripinnis (Alcock 1889). Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: South and East Africa east to India and Andaman Sea. Habitat: marine.