bullisi, Rhechias Smith [D. G.] & Kanazawa [R. H.] 1977:538, Fig. 9 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3); ref. 4036] Off Cape Lavela, Caribbean Sea off Colombia, 12°16'N, 72°40'W, Oregon station 4922, depth 200 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 198768. Paratypes: ANSP 109616 (2), 114947 (1), 122923 (1), 126536 [not 126526] (5); UF 211063 [ex UMML 11063] (1); USNM 158172 (1), 158905 (2), 158908 (1), 158911 (1), 178994 (1), 179071 (2), 185653-54 (1, 2), 193594 (1), 193596 (2), 193612 (1), 198674 (1), 198679 (1), 198767 (1), 198769-70 (1, 1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:64 [ref. 13621], Smith 1994:11 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Rhechias bullisi Smith & Kanazawa 1977 -- (Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:113 [ref. 14275], Smith 1989:538 [ref. 13285], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:37 [ref. 27192]). •Valid as Bathycongrus bullisi (Smith & Kanazawa 1977) -- (Smith 1994:11 [ref. 21917], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:296 [ref. 23897], Smith 2003:750 [ref. 26989], Nelson et al. 2004:64 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:64 [ref. 32708], Klautau et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37903], Page et al. 2023:56 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathycongrus bullisi (Smith & Kanazawa 1977). Congridae: Congrinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea south to northeastern Brazil. IUCN (2019): Least concern. Habitat: marine.