gracilis, Lepidopus Brauer [A.] 1906:291, Pl. 12 (fig. 5) [Die Tiefsee-Fische v. 15; ref. 632] Off western coast of South Africa, 21°53'S, 6°58'06"E, southeastern Atlantic, depth 1400 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMB 17679. •Valid as Paradiplospinus gracilis (Brauer 1906) -- (Nakamura 1986:827 [ref. 5696], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:274 [ref. 14235], Pequeño 1989:67 [ref. 14125], Parin 1990:969 [ref. 19382], Nakamura 1990:402 [ref. 21700], Miller 1993:679 [ref. 21297], Nakamura & Parin 1993:39 [ref. 21769], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:169 [ref. 25472], Olaso et al. 1997:83 [ref. 25009], Duhamel et al. 2005:378 [ref. 32059], Bray & Hoese 2006:1756 [ref. 29049], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:118 [ref. 36167], Stewart 2015:1610 [ref. 34196], Parin & Nakamura in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2882 [ref. 34618], Sutton et al. 2020:258 [ref. 37832], Heemstra 2022:257 [ref. 40162]). Current status: Valid as Paradiplospinus gracilis (Brauer 1906). Gempylidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: Namibia and western South Africa; southwestern Pacific: New Zealand, Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.