americana, Epinnula orientalis Grey [M.] 1953:137 [Copeia 1953 (no. 3); ref. 12695] North of Gulf of Mexico, 29°20'N, 87°42'W, depth 101 fathoms. Holotype: FMNH 46391. Paratypes: FMNH 46392-93 (1, 7). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:35 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Neoepinnula americana (Grey 1953) -- (Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:408 [ref. 14275], Nakamura & Parin 1993:33 [ref. 21769], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:326 [ref. 25013], Moore et al. 2003:229 [ref. 27076], Parin & Nakamura 2003:1821 [ref. 27115], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:101 [ref. 27192], Roa-Varón et al. 2003:19 [ref. 27814], Nelson et al. 2004:175 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:760 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:181 [ref. 32708], Nakayama et al. 2014:[5] [ref. 33564], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:174 [ref. 37485], Klautau et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37903], Carvalho-Filho 2023:246 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Neoepinnula americana (Grey 1953). Gempylidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.