pectinifer, Epigonus Mayer [G. F.] 1974:186, Fig. 19 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 146 (no. 3); ref. 6007] Off Grenada, 12°01'N, 61°53'30"W, Oregon station 5043, depth 210-250 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 207725. Paratypes: ABE 64-2085 (1), 64-2245 (1), 64-2248 (1); MCZ 48850 (2), 48851 (1 c&s), 49813 (1); UF 230378 [ex UMML 30378] (1); USNM 207726-28 (1, 10, 9), 207729 (2 c&s). •Valid as Epigonus pectinifer Mayer 1974 -- (Mochizuki & Shirakihara 1983:205 [ref. 8302], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:151 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura et al. 1985:483, 675 [ref. 8056], Parin & Abramov 1986:186 [ref. 6006], Abramov 1992:22 [ref. 21251], Nakabo 2000:781 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:324 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:781 [ref. 26001], Moore et al. 2003:226 [ref. 27076], Gon 2003:1394 [ref. 27085], Shinohara et al. 2005:432 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:359 [ref. 28379], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:242 [ref. 28815], Okamoto 2011:107 [ref. 31268], Okamoto & Fukui 2011:390 [ref. 31623], Parin et al. 2012:242 [ref. 31975], Okamoto 2012:250 [ref. 32096], Okamoto et al. 2011:89 [ref. 31686], Okamoto 2015:125 [ref. 34091], Fricke 2017:119 [ref. 35535], Okamoto & Gon 2018:280 [ref. 35958], Okamoto 2018:245 [ref. 36338], Page et al. 2023:177 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Epigonus pectinifer Mayer 1974. Epigonidae. Distribution: Cosmopolitan: southwestern Indian Ocean, western North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, Tasman Sea, Australia, New Zealand, Emperor Seamounts and Japan. Habitat: marine.