splendens, Leptocephalus Lea [E.] 1913:24, Fig. 19; Pl. 4 (no. 2) [Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 v. 3 (pt 1, no. 7); ref. 14158] North Atlantic, 28°42'N, 20°00'W, station 45, depth 150 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMUB. Type catalog: Frøiland 1979:146 [ref. 21547]. •Valid as Pseudophichthys splendens (Lea 1913) -- (Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:111 [ref. 14275], Bauchot & Saldanha in Whitehead et al. 1986:572 [ref. 13676], Scott & Scott 1988:83 [ref. 25518], Smith 1989:552 [ref. 13285], Smith 1989:757 [ref. 13285], McAllister 1990:49 [ref. 14674], Smith 1990:165 [ref. 13454], Boschung 1992:38 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1996:140 [ref. 24489], Santos et al. 1997:23 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:58 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:307 [ref. 23897], Smith 2003:750 [ref. 26989], Melo et al. 2009:8 [ref. 30460], Bañón et al. 2011:262 [ref. 31676], Bañón et al. 2016:304 [ref. 34397], Smith 2016:1693 [ref. 34556], Carneiro et al. 2019:67 [ref. 37250], Bañón & Maño 2021:50 [ref. 38883], Page et al. 2023:57 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:134 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Pseudophichthys splendens (Lea 1913). Congridae: Congrinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to eastern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Mauritania, including Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.