marginatum, Ophidium DeKay [J. E.] 1842:315, Pl. 52 (fig. 169) [Zoology of New-York; ref. 1098] New York harbor, New York, U.S.A. Holotype or syntypes: New York State coll. (whereabouts unknown). Original genus should have been Ophidion. •Valid as Ophidion marginatum DeKay 1842 -- (Smith 1986:407 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:99 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:76 [ref. 23239], Fahay 1992:805 [ref. 19885], Murdy et al. 1997:116 [ref. 23144], Schwartz 1997:327 [ref. 23515], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:731 [ref. 23897], Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:41 [ref. 24448], Collette & Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:209 [ref. 26158], Nielsen & Robins 2003:968 [ref. 27008], Nelson et al. 2004:91 [ref. 27807], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:293 [ref. 28946], Page et al. 2013:95 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:110 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ophidion marginatum DeKay 1842. Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.