bengalensis, Thyrsites Alcock [A. W.] 1894:117 [3], Pl. 6 (fig. 1) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 63 (pt 2); ref. 90] Off Madras, India, Investigator station 162, depth 145-250 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH [ex ZSI F13523] 1895.1.3.5 (1); USNM [ex ZSI 13519] (1); ZSI F13518 (1), F13521-22 (1, 1), F13524 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:151 [ref. 20743], Menon and Rama-Rao 1970:377 [ref. 27516], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:42 [ref. 22148]. On p. 3 of separate. Figured in Alcock 1895: Pl. 15 (fig. 10) [ref. 20532]. •Valid as Rexea bengalensis (Alcock 1894) -- (Manilo 1992:24 [133] [ref. 39140], Nakamura & Parin 1993:45 [ref. 21769], Roberts & Stewart 1997:135 [ref. 23233], Adam et al. 1998:13 [ref. 23610], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:643 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Nakamura & Parin 2001:3707 [ref. 26304], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S121 [ref. 27377], Bray & Hoese 2006:1757 [ref. 29049], Fricke et al. 2014:187 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2017:210 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:360 [ref. 35805], Kawai et al. 2020:51 [ref. 37785], Psomadakis et al. 2020:567 [ref. 37272], Heemstra 2022:258 [ref. 40162]). Current status: Valid as Rexea bengalensis (Alcock 1894). Gempylidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Saya de Malha Bank, Mozambique Channel and Madagascar east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.