klazingai, Sphagebranchus Weber [M.] 1913:47, Fig. 9 [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] Banda [Indonesia, Banda Sea, western Pacific], Siboga station 240, depth 9-45 meters. Syntypes: ZMA 104147-48 (1, 1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:10 [ref. 19236] as holotype and paratype. •Valid as Apterichtus klazingai (Weber 1913) -- (McCosker 1977:66 [ref. 6836], McCosker & Castle 1986:177 [ref. 5690], Randall et al. 1990:43 [ref. 15987], Machida & Ohta 1994:3 [ref. 21444], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:74 [ref. 22017], Allen 1997:58 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:43 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:56 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:61 [ref. 24106], Smith & McCosker 1999:1668 [ref. 24715], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], McCosker & Randall 2005:7 [ref. 28054], Mundy 2005:131 [ref. 28379], McCosker et al. 2006:266 [ref. 29006], Randall 2007:62 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:18 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:351 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:102 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:22 [ref. 33932], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], McCosker & Hibino 2015:66 [ref. 33725], Hibino et al. 2016:148 [ref. 34475], Hibino 2018:222 [ref. 36341], McCosker 2022:105 [ref. 39686], Allen & Erdmann 2024:112 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Apterichtus klazingai (Weber 1913). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.