longissimus, Callechelys Cadenat [J.] & Marchal [E.] 1963:1243, Fig. 6 A-B [Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 25 (no. 4); ref. 4333] Lemon Valley, St. Helena Island, depth 35 meters. Lectotype: MNHN 1963-0209. Paralectotypes: (1, apparently lost). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:106 [ref. 20810]. Lectotype established by Blache 1971:174. See McCosker 1977:71 [ref. 6836]. •Valid as Bascanichthys longissimus (Cadenat & Marchal 1963) -- (Leiby 1990:179 [ref. 13652]). •Valid as Phaenomonas longissima (Cadenat & Marchal 1963) -- (Edwards & Glass 1987:628 [ref. 9166], McCosker et al. 1989:352 [ref. 13288], Leiby in Smith 1989:873 [ref. 13285], Bauchot et al. 1993:106 [ref. 20810], McCosker 1998:196 [ref. 23298], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:149 [ref. 27754], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:35 [ref. 27192], McCosker 2006:737 [ref. 29013], Randall 2007:69 [ref. 30952], Wirtz et al. 2013:118 [ref. 32972], Wirtz et al. 2014:3 [ref. 33516], McCosker 2016:1663 [ref. 34558], Brown et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2024:127 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Phaenomonas longissima (Cadenat & Marchal 1963). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Quintana Roo (Mexico), Brazil; southern-central Atlantic: Ascension Island and Saint Helena; eastern Atlantic: Ghana, including offshore island of eastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.