holbrookii, Ophidium Putnam [F. W.] 1874:340, Fig. [Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 16 (for 1873-1874); ref. 18579] Key West, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): MCZ 34010 [ex BSNH 1117]. •Valid as Ophidion holbrookii Putnam 1874 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:99 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:171 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:76 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:376 [ref. 23827], Andreata & Séret 1996:583 [ref. 16204], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:730 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:47 [ref. 24221] in Ophidium, Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:41 [ref. 24448], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:164 [ref. 24550], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:152 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:100 [ref. 26784] in Ophidium, Nielsen & Robins 2003:972 [ref. 27008], Lea & Robins 2003:7 [ref. 27029], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:59 [ref. 27192] as holbrooki, Nelson et al. 2004:91 [ref. 27807], Dennis et al. 2004:72 [ref. 31601], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:292, 297 [ref. 28946], Page et al. 2013:95 [ref. 32708], Caires in Marceniuk et al. 2021:198 [ref. 38945] as holbrooki, Carvalho-Filho 2023:78 [ref. 40480] as aff. holbrookii, Page et al. 2023:110 [ref. 40505], Rotundo et al. 2023:240 [ref. 40301]). Current status: Valid as Ophidion holbrookii Putnam 1874. Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: east coast of the U.S.A. to Suriname, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Records from Brazil and Uruguay based on an undescribed species (Carvalho-Filho 2023:78 [ref. 40480]). Habitat: marine.