texis, Haptenchelys Robins [C. H.] & Martin [D. M.] in Robins & Robins 1976:267, Figs. 5-6, 7a, 8 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 127; ref. 3784] Bahamas, 25°16.75-18.75'N, 77°45.5-42.8'W, depth 2780-2890 meters. Holotype: ANSP 133811. Paratypes: ANSP 133812 (1), 133813 (1, c&s); TCWC 6326.01 (1); ?TAMU 68-A-10 (1); UF 232881 [ex UMML 32881] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:158 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Haptenchelys texis Robins & Martin 1976 -- (Robins & Robins 1989:232 [ref. 13287], Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997:1167 [ref. 22986], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:246 [ref. 23897], Smith 2003:723 [ref. 26989], Karmovskaya 2003:438 [ref. 27168], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:34 [ref. 27192], Melo 2007:315 [ref. 29141], Fricke et al. 2011:351 [ref. 31242], Tashiro & Shinohara 2014:6 [ref. 33342], Smith 2016:1650 [ref. 34556], Page et al. 2023:51 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:112 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Haptenchelys texis Robins & Martin 1976. Synaphobranchidae: Synaphobranchinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Rockall Bank (Ireland) south to Senegal; southwestern Pacific: Vanuatu. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.