canabus, Taenioconger Cowan [G. I. M.] & Rosenblatt [R. H.] 1974:56, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1974 (no. 1); ref. 12] West coast of Ceralbo Island, Baja California, Mexico, 24°18.85'N, 109°55.5'W. Holotype: SIO 61-261. Paratypes: Gift to Mexico [ex SIO 65-342] (9); SIO 61-261 (538), 65-342 (orig. 100); UBC 62-161 (6). •Valid as Taenioconger canabus Cowan & Rosenblatt 1974 -- (Raju 1985:8 [ref. 5287]). •Valid as Heteroconger canabus (Cowan & Rosenblatt 1974) -- (Smith 1989:485 [ref. 13285], Allen & Robertson 1994:58 [ref. 22193], Smith in Fischer et al. 1995:1031 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:111 [ref. 24545], Castle 1997:9 [ref. 22878], Castle & Randall 1999:7 [ref. 24042], Castle 1999:415 [ref. 24044], Thomson et al. 2000:50 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:64 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:22 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:65 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:38 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:56 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Heteroconger canabus (Cowan & Rosenblatt 1974). Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Costa Rica, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.