syringinus, Uroconger Ginsburg [I.] 1954:256, Figs. 1-2 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 44 (no. 8); ref. 12645] Off Mississippi Delta, Louisiana, 28°45'N, 89°43'W, Oregon station 10, depth 50 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 157781. Paratypes: UF [ex UMML] (3), USNM 157789 (1). Type catalog: Smith 1994:12 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Uroconger syringinus Ginsburg 1954 -- (Scott & Scott 1988:84 [ref. 25518], Smith 1989:546 [ref. 13285], Smith 1989:751 [ref. 13285], McAllister 1990:49 [ref. 14674], Smith 1990:166 [ref. 13454], Cervigón 1991:00 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:39 [ref. 23239], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:311 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], Castle & Smith 1999:975 [ref. 25141], Smith 2003:750 [ref. 26989], Nelson et al. 2004:65 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:65 [ref. 32708], Smith 2016:1694 [ref. 34556], Fermon et al. 2022:120 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:57 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:134 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Uroconger syringinus Ginsburg 1954. Congridae: Congrinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Guyana, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Nigeria south to Angola, including São Tome and Príncipe. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.