breviventralis, Leptobrotula Nielsen [J. G.] 1986:166, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1986 (no. 1); ref. 3199] Off Hawaiian Islands, 21°05'N, 156°11'W, depth 636 meters. Holotype: USNM 215291. Paratypes: ZMUC P77763 (1); plus non-type material. •Valid as Leptobrotula breviventralis Nielsen 1986 -- (Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:72 [ref. 24448], Mundy 2005:245 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Valid as Leptobrotula breviventralis Nielsen 1986. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Hawaiian Islands; probably more widespread. Habitat: marine.