opici, Hemerorhinus Blache [J.] & Bauchot [M.-L.] 1972:741, Figs. 21-23 [Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 34 (no. 3); ref. 304] Pointe-Noire bay, Republic of the Congo. Holotype: MNHN 1965-0662. Paratypes: MNHN 1964-0526 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:107 [ref. 20810]. •Valid as Hemerorhinus opici Blache & Bauchot 1972 -- (McCosker 1977:67 [ref. 6836], Leiby 1990:184 [ref. 13652], McCosker 2016:1662 [ref. 34558], Fermon et al. 2022:117 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Hemerorhinus opici Blache & Bauchot 1972. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola. Habitat: marine.