nimius, Pseudomyrophis Böhlke [J. E.] 1960:1, Fig. 1 [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 329; ref. 11894] East of the delta of the Mississippi River, Gulf of Mexico, 29°05'N, 88°22'W, Silver Bay station 1203, depth 250 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 186274. Paratypes: ANSP 91937 (7), 91938 (1, c&s), 91939 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:133 [ref. 13621], Smith 1994:35 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Pseudomyrophis nimius Böhlke 1960 -- (McCosker 1977:61 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:295 [ref. 13288], Leiby in Smith 1989:770 [ref. 13285], Cervigón 1992:370 [ref. 23827], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:282 [ref. 23897], McCosker 2003:733 [ref. 26993], McCosker 2006:736 [ref. 29103], McCosker 2016:1663 [ref. 34558], Page et al. 2023:55 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:128 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Pseudomyrophis nimius Böhlke 1960. Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.), western and northern Gulf of Mexico (U.S.A., Mexico); eastern Atlantic: Angola. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.
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