compressus, Myroconger Günther [A.] 1870:93 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Saint Helena Island, South Atlantic (15°58'S, 5°43'W). Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.10.8.49. Previously appeared as name only in Günther 1869:239 [ref. 13284]. •Valid as Myroconger compressus Günther 1870 -- (Smith 1984:585 [ref. 6810], Edwards & Glass 1987:623 [ref. 9166], Smith 1989:98 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:149 [ref. 13454], Castle 1991:150 [ref. 15488], Castle & Béarez 1995:218 [ref. 21926], Afonso et al. 1999:82 [ref. 25466], Karmovskaya 2006:590 [ref. 28855], Wirtz et al. 2007:24 [ref. 30263], Smith 2016:1643 [ref. 34556], Vieira et al. 2016:[4] [ref. 34869], Almeida & Alves 2019:271 [ref. 37509], Brown et al. 2019:154 [ref. 36444], Reiner 2019:64 [ref. 38139], Espíndola et al. 2021:538 [ref. 38295], Fermon et al. 2022:113 [ref. 39448] with question). Current status: Valid as Myroconger compressus Günther 1870. Myrocongridae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Gulf of Guinea, including Cape Verde Islands and São Tomé and Principe; southern-central Atlantic: Saint Helena. Habitat: marine.