chauliodus, Aplatophis Böhlke [J. E.] 1956:3, Fig. 1 [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 289; ref. 596] Mayagüez pier, Puerto Rico. Holotype: FMNH 61772. Paratypes: ANSP 73871 [ex FMNH 61773] (1), LACM 21708 [ex AHF 2464] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:133 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:10 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Aplatophis chauliodus Böhlke 1956 -- (McCosker 1977:74 [ref. 6836], Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:122 [ref. 14275], McCosker et al. 1989:355 [ref. 13288], Leiby in Smith 1989:834 [ref. 13285], Cervigón 1991:54 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:33 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:371 [ref. 23827], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:256 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], McCosker & Robertson 2001:14 [ref. 25776], McCosker 2003:732 [ref. 26993], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:34 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:62 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:62 [ref. 32708], Sampaio et al. 2017:120 [ref. 36931], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:106 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:58 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:53 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:120 [ref. 41622], Moral-Flores et al. 2024:104 [ref. 41144]). Current status: Valid as Aplatophis chauliodus Böhlke 1956. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to northern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.