pelagica, Thalassobathia Cohen [D. M.] 1963:3, Figs. 1-2 [Breviora No. 196; ref. 880] Northwestern Atlantic, 39°26'N, 71°00'W to 39°32'N, 71°00'W, depth 390 fathoms over 1400-1350 fathoms. Holotype: MCZ 42272 [not 42161]. Paratypes: MCZ 42273 [not 42162] (2). •Valid as Thalassobathia pelagica Cohen 1963 -- (Nielsen 1973:552 [ref. 6885], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1157 [ref. 13677], Nielsen 1990:575 [ref. 16246], Balanov & Fedorov 1996:345 [ref. 24646], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:112 [ref. 24448], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:24 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:268 [ref. 25968], Moore et al. 2003:208 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:52 [ref. 37547], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:290 [ref. 28946], Prokofiev & Kukuev 2008:565 [ref. 30239], Nielsen et al. 2010:224 [ref. 30920] in Ophidiidae, Møller et al. 2010:35 [ref. 31169] in Bythitidae, Parin et al. 2014:183 [ref. 33547] in cf. pelagica in Bythitidae, Nielsen 2016:1951 [ref. 34583], Love et al. 2021:85 [ref. 39279], Fermon et al. 2022:208 [ref. 39448] with question, Page et al. 2023:111 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Thalassobathia pelagica Cohen 1963. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: North Atlantic, eastern Atlantic, Bering Sea and North Pacific. Habitat: marine.