virens, Etmopterus Bigelow [H. B.], Schroeder [W. C.] & Springer [S.] 1953:257, Figs. 6D, 10 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 109 (no. 3); ref. 12682] Northern Gulf of Mexico, 29°52'N, 91°33'W [or 27°51'30"N, 91°32'30"W], Oregon station 501, depth 220 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 160859. Paratypes: (42) BMNH 1955.5.11.4 (1); MCZ 38081 (1), 38160 (6), 38163 (1); USNM 113380 (1), 160852 (7, now 0, exchanged to MCZ). 53-54 (3, 8), 160861-64 (6, 3, 2, 3), 165560 (2). Type catalog: Howe & Springer 1993:14 [ref. 21812]. •Valid as Etmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer 1953 -- (Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:65 [ref. 14275], Compagno 1984:88 [ref. 6474], Castro-Aguirre & Garcia-Dominguez 1988:102 [ref. 19199], Espinosa Pérez & Huidobro Campos 1995:117 [ref. 22757], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:119 [ref. 23897], Compagno 1999:473 [ref. 25589], Soto 2001:98 [ref. 26637], Last et al. 2002:203 [ref. 26556], Compagno 2003:401 [ref. 26984], Kiraly et al. 2003:6 [ref. 28226], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:98 [ref. 27705], Castro 2011:112 [ref. 31457], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:61 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:62 [ref. 34211], Ehemann et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36194], Dolganov & Balanov 2018:429 [ref. 36479], Ehemann et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 36861], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 2 [ref. 38986], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:41 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:80 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Etmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer 1953. Etmopteridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.