brevirostris, Rhynchoceratias Regan [C. T.] 1925:566 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 15 (no. 91); ref. 3677] North Atlantic, 8°19'N, 44°35'W, depth about 3000 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P9263. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:88 [ref. 9588]. Females unknown. •Valid as Himantolophus brevirostris group -- (Stewart & Pietsch 1998:9 [ref. 23378], Pietsch 2003:1061 [ref. 27014], Pietsch 2009:350 [ref. 30766], Stewart et al. 2015:915 [ref. 34272], Pietsch 2016:2063 [ref. 34597], Carneiro et al. 2019:215 [ref. 37250]). Current status: Valid as Himantolophus brevirostris (Regan 1925). Himantolophidae. Distribution: Circumglobal. Habitat: marine.