meeki, Congrellus Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1900:347, Pl. 11 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1213); ref. 2502] Tokyo Bay, Japan. Holotype (unique): USNM 49397. Type catalog: Smith 1994:7 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Ariosoma meeki (Jordan & Snyder 1900) -- (Smith 1989:495 [ref. 13285], Nakabo 2000:227 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:227 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2014:236 [ref. 33330], Ho et al. 2015:144 [ref. 34130], Yeo & Kim 2016:121 [ref. 36303], Motomura et al. 2017:36 [ref. 35490], Hibino in Kimura et al. 2018:28 [ref. 36460], Karmovskaya 2018:409 [461] [ref. 36153], Smith et al. 2018:98 [ref. 36040], Kim et al. 2020:55 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Ariosoma meeki (Jordan & Snyder 1900). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Vietnam east to Philippines, north to southern Korea and Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Queensland (Australia), and Oshen Island (Melanesian Basin). Habitat: marine.