echinorhynchus, Bathymyrus Alcock [A. W.] 1889:305, Pl. 22 (fig. 6) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 58 (pt 2, no. 3); ref. 84] 16 miles east of Devi River mouth in Mahanadi Delta, Investigator station 32, depth 68 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F12440. Alcock specimens: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 821 [ex ZSI F13757] (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:132 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:35 [ref. 22148]. •Valid as Bathymyrus echinorhynchus Alcock 1889 -- (Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Zhang et al. 2010:189 [ref. 31511] as Bathymurus e., Fricke et al. 2011:353 [ref. 31242], Psomadakis et al. 2015:149 [ref. 34104], Psomadakis et al. 2020:282 [ref. 37272]). Current status: Valid as Bathymyrus echinorhynchus Alcock 1889. Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Oman east to China, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.