obesa, Pachycara Zugmayer [E.] 1911:12 [Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco) No. 193; ref. 6161] Bay of Biscay, eastern Atlantic, 45°27'N, 6°05'W, station 1554, depth 4780 meters. Holotype (unique): MOM 0091-0831. Type catalog: Belloc 1949:13-14 [ref. 21544]. Original should have been Pachycara obesum. Species illustrated and described in more detail in Zugmayer 1911:134, Pl. 6 (fig. 6) [ref. 4846]. •Synonym of Pachycara bulbiceps (Garman 1899) -- (Anderson & Peden 1988:84 [ref. 7215], Anderson 1989:227 [ref. 13487], Anderson 1994:120 [ref. 21438], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:34 [ref. 27603]). •Valid as Pachycara obesum Zugmayer 1911 -- (Andriashev 1973:547 [ref. 9214] as obesa, Toyoshima 1985:144 [ref. 5722] as obesa, Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1149 [ref. 13677] as obesa, Anderson & Almeida 1990:889 [ref. 19328], Anderson 2012:39 [ref. 32270]). Current status: Synonym of Pachycara bulbiceps (Garman 1899). Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Habitat: marine.