bifurcatus, Nemabathytroctes Parr [A. E.] 1951:10 [American Museum Novitates No. 1531; ref. 3380] Off Panama, eastern Pacific, 7°30'N, 79°19'W, depth 1750 meters. Holotype: ZMUC P1779. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:10 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Talismania bifurcata (Parr 1951) -- (Matarese et al. 1989:76 [ref. 26885], Paxton et al. 1989:211 [ref. 12442], McAllister 1990:73 [ref. 14674], Sazonov et al. 1993:43 [ref. 21498], Pequeño 1997:80 [ref. 23536], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Love et al. 2005:31 [ref. 37547], Robertson et al. 2017:41 [ref. 35676], Burton & Lea 2019:39 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:50 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:62 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:155 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Talismania bifurcata (Parr 1951). Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: Namibia; western Pacific (in cluding South China Sea and Tasman Sea); eastern Pacific: British Columbia (Canada) south to Chile, including southern Gulf 0of California (mexico). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.