umbrellabia, Fimbriceps Whitley [G. P.] 1948:70, Fig. 1 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 22 (no. 1); ref. 4710] Three miles off Broughton Island, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype: AMS IA.6895 (larger specimen). Paratypes: AMS IA.6895 (smaller specimen). Appeared first in Whitley 1946:64, figs. [ref, 9300] but without a description. •Valid as Gnathophis umbrellabius (Whitley 1948) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:142 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:521 [ref. 13285], Paulin et al. 1989:75 [ref. 24556], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Gomon et al. 1994:214 [ref. 22532], Karmovskaya & Paxton 2000:S5 [ref. 25768], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:319 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Gates 2006:294 [ref. 28997], Smith 2008:178 [ref. 30621], Fricke et al. 2011:354 [ref. 31242], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:108 [ref. 36167], Smith & Stewart 2015:280 [ref. 34234]). Current status: Valid as Gnathophis umbrellabius (Whitley 1948). Congridae: Congrinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific; Australia, New Zealand, Kermadec Islands and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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