breviculus, Maurolicus Parin [N. V.] & Kobyliansky [S. G.] 1993:102, Fig. 5B [Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova = Transactions of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology v. 128; ref. 21208] Eastern Equatorial Pacific, 0°54'N, 84°01'W, depth 375-0 meters. Holotype: ZIN 50124. Paratypes: USNM 321408 (7), ZIN 50125-26 (2, 11), ZMMU P-18782 (6). Plus additional material. Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:39 [ref. 25714]. •Synonym of Maurolicus australis Hector 1875 -- (Rees et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37969] with question). •Valid as Maurolicus breviculus Parin & Kobyliansky 1993 -- (Parin & Kobyliansky 1996:194 [ref. 22246], McCosker et al. 1997:24 [ref. 22816], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:251 [ref. 28944], Savinykh & Baytalyuk 2010:148 [ref. 31015]). Current status: Valid as Maurolicus breviculus Parin & Kobyliansky 1993. Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae. Distribution: Eastern equatorial Pacific [if valid]. Habitat: marine.