negropinna, Lepophidium Hildebrand [S. F.] & Barton [O.] 1949:28, Fig. 8 [Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 111 (no. 10); ref. 13015] Talará, Peru. Holotype (unique): USNM 144256. •Valid as Lepophidium negropinna Hildebrand & Barton 1949 -- (Pequeño 1989:48 [ref. 14125] as nigropinna, Bussing & López S. 1994:74 [ref. 23101], Lea in Fischer et al. 1995:1345 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:245 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:228 [ref. 24555], Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:36, 37 [ref. 24448], Nelson et al. 2004:91 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:51 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:198 [ref. 28944], Robins et al. 2012:7 [ref. 32161], Page et al. 2013:94 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:82 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:109 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:150 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Lepophidium negropinna Hildebrand & Barton 1949. Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.