tenebrosus, Alepocephalus Gilbert [C. H.] 1892:545 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 880); ref. 1626] Santa Barbara Channel, California, U.S.A., depth 359-822 fathoms. Syntypes: CAS-SU 54 (1), 5306 (1); USNM 46726 (3), 125331 (5), 164995 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:13 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Alepocephalus tenebrosus Gilbert 1892 -- (Matarese et al. 1989:76 [ref. 26885], Sazonov et al. 1993:43 [ref. 21498], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:167 [ref. 25968], Love et al. 2005:30 [ref. 37547], Maslenikov et al. 2013:6 [ref. 37947], Robertson et al. 2017:38 [ref. 35676], Burton & Lea 2019:39 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:48 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:153 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Alepocephalus tenebrosus Gilbert 1892. Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Bering Sea south to central Baja California (Mexico), including Guadalupe Island (Mexico); Chile. Habitat: marine.