aesculapius, Alepidosaurus Bean [T. H.] in Jordan & Gilbert 1883:888 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 16; ref. 2476] Iliuliuk, Unalaska Island, Alaska, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 27705 (skin). Author is T. H. Bean. Appeared first as above, then in Bean 1883:661 [ref. 9282]. •Synonym of Alepisaurus ferox Lowe 1833 -- (Post 1990:387 [ref. 15233], Gomon et al. 1994:275 [ref. 22532], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:235 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2014:152 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Alepisaurus ferox Lowe 1833. Alepisauridae. Habitat: marine.