curvirostris, Leptocephalus Strömman [P. H.] 1896:41, Pl. 5 (figs. 1-2) [Leptocephalids in the University Zoological Museum at Upsala; ref. 4294] Western Atlantic, north of Puerto Rico, 22°N, 65°W. Holotype (unique): ZMUU 410. Type catalog: Wallin 1996:61 [ref. 32133]. •Valid as Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman 1896) -- (Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:552 [ref. 13676], Castle 1986:194 [ref. 5644], Paxton et al. 1989:134 [ref. 12442], Smith & Nielsen 1989:457 [ref. 13290], Smith 1989:927 [ref. 13285], Paulin et al. 1989:70 [ref. 24556], Smith 1990:201 [ref. 13759], Santos et al. 1997:22 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:57 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:289 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:71 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:27 [ref. 24203], Trunov 1999:461 [ref. 24579], Smith 1999:1679 [ref. 24661], Hutchins 2001:18 [ref. 25847], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:36 [ref. 27192], Smith 2003:742 [ref. 26989], Paxton et al. 2006:286 [ref. 28995], Smith 2008:172 [ref. 30621], Fricke et al. 2009:21 [ref. 30213], Melo et al. 2009:8 [ref. 30460], Smith & Stewart 2015:267 [ref. 34234], Smith 2016:1679 [ref. 34556], Cruz-Mena & Angulo 2016:5 [ref. 34749], Fricke et al. 2018:48 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:68 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:74 [ref. 38139], Iglésias et al. 2020:289 [ref. 37987], Sutton et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37832], Kovačić et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:121 [ref. 39448], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:59 [ref. 41223], Robertson et al. 2022:86 [ref. 39353], Page et al. 2023:57 [ref. 40505], Reading & Horton 2023:9 [ref. 41317], Fricke et al. 2024:135 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman 1896). Nemichthyidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including western Mediterranean Sea), but not in North Pacific. Habitat: marine.