crassiceps, Uranoscopus Alcock [A. W.] 1890:205 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26); ref. 82] Off Madras coast, India, 18°30'N, 84°46'E, Investigator station 96, depth 98-102 fathoms. Syntypes: (about 25) BMNH 1890.11.28-5-8 [ex ZSI F12794-96 and 99] (4), MNHN 1890-0324 to 0326 (3), ZSI F12788 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:146 [ref. 20743], Menon and Rama-Rao 1970:377 [ref. 27516], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:39 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Alcock 1894: Pl. 10 (fig. 4) [ref. 17304]. •Valid as Uranoscopus crassiceps Alcock 1890 -- (Pietsch 1989:295 [ref. 12541], Fricke et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32771], Vilasri 2013:90 [ref. 33304], Mullasseri Sidharthan et al. 2017:28 [ref. 35142], Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36122], Pradhan et al. 2019:91 [ref. 36638], Prokofiev 2021:674 [ref. 38659]). Current status: Valid as Uranoscopus crassiceps Alcock 1890. Uranoscopidae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Somalia, Yemen and Oman east to Bay of Bengal (northeastern India). Habitat: marine.