bartschi, Luciobrotula Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] in Radcliffe 1913:171, Pl. 16 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 44 (no. 1948); ref. 3579] Palawan Passage, 10°57'45"N, 118°38'15"E, Philippines, Albatross station 5348, depth 375 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 74151. •Valid as Luciobrotula bartschi Smith & Radcliffe 1913 -- (Nielsen & Nybelin 1963:201 [ref. 5094], Cohen 1974:109 [ref. 7139], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:100 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:261, 374 [ref. 8057], Nielsen & Cohen 1986:349 [ref. 5700], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:75 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1981 [ref. 24753], Nakabo 2000:441 [ref. 25086], Nielsen in Randall & Lim 2000:596 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:308 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:441 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:414 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:245 [ref. 28379], Nielsen & Møller 2008:30 [ref. 29803], Nielsen 2009:147 [ref. 30647], Fricke et al. 2014:33 [ref. 33932], Wong et al. 2021:64 [ref. 38330], Girard et al. 2023:[2] [ref. 40172] as cf. bartschi). Current status: Valid as Luciobrotula bartschi Smith & Radcliffe 1913. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden and South Africa east to Hawaiian Islands, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.