guentheri, Selachophidium Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1903:209, Pl. 17 [Marine Investigations in South Africa v. 2; ref. 1645] Off Table Mountain, bearing N 79°E distant 40 miles, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic, depth 250 fathoms. Lectotype: SAM 12081. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1902.5.28.7-8 (2). Lectotype selected by Nielsen 1971:23 [ref. 7451]. •Valid as Selachophidium guentheri Gilchrist 1903 -- (Nielsen 1971:21 [ref. 7451], Cohen & Nielsen 1978:39 [ref. 881], Nielsen & Cohen 1986:350 [ref. 5700], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:165 [ref. 36134], Nielsen 1990:572 [ref. 16246], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:145 [ref. 25472], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:88 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 2016:1951 [ref. 34583], Girard & Johnson 2024:3 [ref. 41368]). Current status: Valid as Selachophidium guentheri Gilchrist 1903. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, western Indian Ocean: Namibia south to off Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then north to southern Mozambique. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.