selachops, Apterichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:356 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 290); ref. 12308] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype (unique): USNM 4391. Type catalog: Smith 1994:28 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Ichthyapus selachops (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (McCosker 1977:68 [ref. 6836], Allen & Robertson 1994:52 [ref. 22193], McCosker & Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995:1335 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:169 [ref. 24023], McCosker 2004:172 [ref. 27619], Nelson et al. 2004:62 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:20 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:188 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:63 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:441 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:606 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:36 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:16 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:54 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:123 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Ichthyapus selachops (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.