leptus, Anthiasicus Ginsburg [I.] 1952:91, Fig. 4 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 42 (no. 3); ref. 1805] Off Dauphin Island, Alabama, U.S.A., 29°14'30"N, 88°09'30"W, Albatross station 2378, depth 68 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 134189. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:14 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Hemanthias leptus (Ginsburg 1952) -- (Bullock & Godcharles 1982:53 [ref. 39762], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:314 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:144 [ref. 23100], Baldwin 1990:925 [ref. 21029], Bullock & Smith 1991:19 [ref. 36591], Cervigón 1991:369 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:107 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:424 [ref. 23827], Heemstra et al. 2003:1350 [ref. 27060], Nelson et al. 2004:128 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:154 [ref. 28815], Anderson & Heemstra 2012:48 [ref. 31956], Page et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32708], Anderson 2018:13 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:13 [ref. 37354], Carvalho-Filho 2023:113 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:195 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Hemanthias leptus (Ginsburg 1952). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Tobago, Guyana, and Suriname, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.