brevis, Parataeniophorus Bertelsen [E.] & Marshall [N. B.] 1956:10, Fig. 7 [Dana Report No. 42; ref. 290] Southern Mozambique Channel, southwestern Indian Ocean, 24°33'S, 38°26'E, depth about 100 meters (300 meters wire out). Holotype (unique): ZMUC P2329854. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:43 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Parataeniophorus brevis Bertelsen & Marshall 1956 -- (Bertelsen 1986:406 [ref. 5642], Paxton et al. 1989:385 [ref. 12442], Herrera & Lavenberg 1995:908 [ref. 37296], Mundy 2005:302 [ref. 28379], Paxton & Gates 2006:757 [ref. 29007], Love et al. 2021:99 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:106 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Parataeniophorus brevis Bertelsen & Marshall 1956. Cetomimidae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands; eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.