mendozai, Eptatretus Hensley [D. A.] 1985:866, Figs. 1-2 [Copeia 1985 (no. 4); ref. 6783] Off southwestern coast of Puerto Rico, 17°50.4'N, 66°59.8'W, depth about 1100 meters. Holotype: USNM 268923. Paratypes: FMNH 96416 (3), SIO 85-30 (1), UF 42100 (2), UPR 3650 (1), USNM 268924 (4). •Valid as Eptatretus mendozai Hensley 1985 -- (Fernholm 1991:117 [ref. 20219], Fernholm 1998:34 [ref. 23976], McMillan 1999:115 [ref. 23612], Mincarone 2000:816 [ref. 25198], Mok et al. 2001:1026 [ref. 25820], Fernholm 2003:355 [ref. 26983], Mincarone & Fernholm 2010:797 [ref. 30926], Knapp et al. 2011:404 [ref. 37507], Angulo & Del Moral-Flores 2016:105 [ref. 34472], Mincarone et al. 2024:185 [ref. 41172]). Current status: Valid as Eptatretus mendozai Hensley 1985. Myxinidae: Eptatretinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.