bathium, Melanostigma Bussing [W. A.] 1965:219, Fig. 15 [Antarctic Research Series, Washington DC. v. 5; ref. 9201] Off southern Chile, 40°15'S, 78°17'W. Holotype: LACM 10063. Paratypes: LACM 10064 (orig. 2, now 1), 10065-66 (1, 1); ZMUC P761048 [ex LACM 10064] (1). •Valid as Melanostigma bathium Bussing 1965 -- (Anderson 1988:62 [ref. 7304], Pequeño 1989:49 [ref. 14125], Anderson 1990:269 [ref. 21695], Anderson 1994:119 [ref. 21438], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:8 [ref. 27603], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Balushkin et al. 2011:1026 [ref. 32449], Balushkin & Moganova 2017:131 [ref. 35279], Balushkin & Moganova 2018:136 [ref. 35877], Balushkin 2019:287 [ref. 36807]). Current status: Valid as Melanostigma bathium Bussing 1965. Zoarcidae: Gymnelinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific to Antarctic Peninsula. Habitat: marine.