nitens, Trichiurus Garman [S.] 1899:69 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Coast of Peru, 7°N, 79°-80°W, Albatross station 3354 and 3389, depth 210-322 fathoms. Syntypes: MCZ 28746 (1), 28747 (3); USNM. •Questionably a synonym of Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parin & Bekker 1973:462 [ref. 7206]). •Synonym of Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parin 1990:977 [ref. 19382], Nakamura & Parin 1993:106 [ref. 21769], Allen & Robertson 1994:275 [ref. 22193], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:117 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:461 [ref. 24550]). •Valid as Trichiurus nitens Garman 1899 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:267 [ref. 9277], Bussing & López S. 1994:138 [ref. 23101], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:578 [ref. 24023], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:126 [ref. 25206], Nelson et al. 2004:176 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:166 [ref. 37547], Burhanuddin & Parin 2008:825 [ref. 29973], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:181 [ref. 32708], Palacios-Salgado et al. 2014:237 [ref. 36362], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:611 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:312 [ref. 35888], Robertson et al. 2017:98 [ref. 35676], Love et al. 2021:210 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Trichiurus nitens Garman 1899. Trichiuridae: Trichiurinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.