phenax, Bathypterois atricolor Parr [A. E.] 1928:31 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 3); ref. 3368] Turks Islands, 21°16'N, 71°18'W, depth 900-945 fathoms. Syntypes: YPM 2133 (1), smaller specimen lost. Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:9 [ref. 16741]. •Valid as Bathypterois phenax Parr 1928 -- (Sulak 1977:90 [ref. 4299], Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:418 [ref. 13675], Sulak 1986:263 [ref. 5720], Sulak 1990:356 [ref. 15106], Santos et al. 1997:39 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:42 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:562 [ref. 23897], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:193 [ref. 27076], Thompson 2003:918 [ref. 27003], Franco et al. 2009:808 [ref. 32442], Costa & Mincarone 2010:320 [ref. 37483], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:71 [ref. 37485], Russell 2016:1834 [ref. 34572], Carneiro et al. 2019:106 [ref. 37250], Fermon et al. 2022:181 [ref. 39448] possible, Page et al. 2023:90 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathypterois phenax Parr 1928. Ipnopidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: U.S.A. south to Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.