melanocephalus, Dermatorus Alcock [A. W.] 1891:32 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 8 (no. 43/44); ref. 87] Bay of Bengal, 12°50'N, 90°52'E, Investigator station 111, depth 1644 fathoms; 11°58'N, 88°52'17'E, station 117, depth 1748 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1896.9.11.6 [ex ZSI F13073] (1), ZSI F13073 (1) depth 1644 fathoms. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:147 [ref. 20743], Menon and Rama-Rao 1970:377 [ref. 27516], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:40 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Alcock 1898: Pl. 21 (fig. 4) [ref. 20534]. •Valid as Porogadus melanocephalus (Alcock 1891) -- (Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:86 [ref. 24448], Prokofiev 2005:117 [ref. 34466] with authorship as Wood-Mason & Alcock, Schwarzhans & Møller 2021:64 [ref. 38607]). Current status: Valid as Porogadus melanocephalus (Alcock 1891). Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Northeastern Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal. Habitat: marine.