platyventris, Aprognathodon Böhlke [J. E.] 1967:100, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 118 (no. 4); ref. 602] About 1/4 mile north of Green Cay, Nassau Vicinity, Great Bahama Bank, Bahamas, depth 0-35 feet. Holotype: ANSP 106303. Paratypes: AMNH 20616 (1); ANSP 106296 (56, orig. 64), 106297-302 (1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3), 106304 (19, orig. 21), 106305-08 (3, 2, 1, 1), 106387 (1, c&s); Museo Zool. Specola, Florence [ex ANSP 106296] (2); SIO 68-393 [ex ANSP 106296] (6); SMF 12334 (2); UF 12469 (3), 206661 [ex UMML 6661] (1), 212520 [ex UMML 12520] (1), 221753-54 [ex UMML 21753-54] (1, 3); ZMUC [ex ANSP 106304] (2). Type catalog: Gilbert 1974:114 [ref. 21035], Böhlke 1984:133 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Aprognathodon platyventris Böhlke 1967 -- (McCosker 1977:62 [ref. 6836], Robins & Ray 1986:61 [ref. 23100], McCosker et al. 1989:301 [ref. 13288], Leiby in Smith 1989:881 [ref. 13285], Cervigón 1991:53 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:371 [ref. 23827], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:148 [ref. 27754], McCosker 2003:732 [ref. 26993], Smith et al. 2003:7 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:62 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:62 [ref. 32708] Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:24 [ref. 33341], Page et al. 2023:53 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:120 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Aprognathodon platyventris Böhlke 1967. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.) and Bahamas south to Antilles, including eastern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.