elongatus, Eustomias Clarke [T. A.] 2001:691, Figs. 1, 3C [Copeia 2001 (no. 3); ref. 25448] Central North Pacific, near Hawaii, depth 0-370 meters. Holotype: USNM 341944. Paratypes: SIO 96-11 (1); USNM 321451-54 (1, 1, 1, 1); plus nontype material. •Valid as Eustomias elongatus Clarke 2001 -- (Mundy 2005:183 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Valid as Eustomias elongatus Clarke 2001. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae. Distribution: Western and central North Pacific: Ogasawara Islands, Minami Tori Shima, Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.