bathybius, Nemipterus Snyder [J. O.] 1911:532, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 40 (no. 1836); ref. 4152] Kagoshima, Japan. Holotype: USNM 68232. Paratypes: CAS-SU 22495 [also = 21421 [not 214201 as published]] (2), ?USNM 75145 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:76 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Nemipterus bathybius Snyder 1911 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:85 [ref. 19754], Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:176 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:86 [ref. 25477], Russell 1990:30 [ref. 19228], Russell 1993:298 [ref. 13441], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:301 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:136 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:95 [ref. 26476], Youn 1998:261 [ref. 25741], Nakabo 2000:850 [ref. 25086], Russell in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:326 [ref. 25995], Russell 2001:3063 [ref. 26106], Nakabo 2002:850 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:345, 617 [ref. 26218], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:101 [ref. 27510], Allen et al. 2006:1242 [ref. 29090], Motomura in Shibukawa & Motomura 2009:156 [ref. 31131], Larson et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32988], Russell & Ho 2017:287 [ref. 35134], Motomura et al. 2017:145 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:165 [ref. 36673], Sonoyama et al. 2020:70 [ref. 37637], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:195 [ref. 41223], Prokofiev 2022:694 [ref. 39593], Bangchongmanee et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40682]). Current status: Valid as Nemipterus bathybius Snyder 1911. Nemipteridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Sea east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Sea of Japan, south to northwestern Australia. Habitat: marine.