burgeri, Bdellostoma Girard [C. F.] 1855:252 [48] [Contributions to the fauna of Chile; ref. 4912] Simabara Bay, Japan. Holotype (unique) (?): whereabouts unknown. Based on Heptatrema cirrhatum of Temminck & Schlegel 1850:310, Pl. 143. •Valid as Eptatretus burgeri (Girard 1855) -- (Kanayama in Okamura et al. 1982:307 [ref. 8256], Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:1 [ref. 6441], Fernholm 1991:117 [ref. 20219], Kuo et al. 1994:128 [ref. 21435], Fernholm 1998:34 [ref. 23976], McMillan 1999:115 [ref. 23612], Mok 1999:61 [ref. 24095], Nakabo 2000:109 [ref. 25086], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:577 [ref. 25122], Mok & Chen 2001:236 [ref. 25664], Shinohara et al. 2001:286 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:109 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:37, 465 [ref. 26218], McMillan & Wisner 2004:53 [ref. 27692], Shinohara et al. 2005:391 [ref. 28370], Kuo et al. 2010:856 [ref. 31001], Knapp et al. 2011:404 [ref. 37507], Shinohara et al. 2014:229 [ref. 33330], Mincarone 2017:2 [ref. 35376], Kim et al. 2020:35 [ref. 39118], Song & Kim 2020:90 [ref. 37441], Sonoyama et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Eptatretus burgeri (Girard 1855). Myxinidae: Eptatretinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.