proximus, Macrourus Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] in Radcliffe 1912:119, Pl. 26 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 43 (no. 1924); ref. 3578] Sogod Bay, Leyte Island, 10°12'00"N, 125°04'10"E, Philippines, Albatross station 5202, depth 502 fathoms [918 meters]. Holotype: USNM 72936. Paratypes: USNM 135338-39 (1, 1). First author is H. M. Smith. •Valid as Nezumia proxima (Smith & Radcliffe 1912) -- (Okamura in Okamura et al. 1982:163, 351 [ref. 8256], Sawada in Amaoka et al. 1983:107, 192 [ref. 8379], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:95 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:217, 362 [ref. 8057], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:281 [ref. 18936], Shinohara et al. 1996:170 [ref. 26605], Iwamoto 1999:1992 [ref. 24761], Nakabo 2000:424 [ref. 25086], Iwamoto in Randall & Lim 2000:595 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:306 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:424 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:418 [ref. 28370], Iwamoto et al. 2015:93 [ref. 35408], Nakayama 2020:250 [ref. 37888]). Current status: Valid as Nezumia proxima (Smith & Radcliffe 1912). Macrouridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan, Philippines and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.