cryptobulbus, Eustomias Clarke [T. A.] 2001:693, Fig. 4A [Copeia 2001 (no. 3); ref. 25448] Central North Pacific, near Hawaii, depth 0-975 meters. Holotype: USNM 322887. Paratypes: AMS I20306-019 (1); BPBM 37776 (1); SIO 73-162 (1); USNM 321570 (1), 322417 (1), 322884 (1), 322886 (1). •Valid as Eustomias cryptobulbus Clarke 2001 -- (Mundy 2005:182 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:446 [ref. 28995], Kenaley et al. 2008:249 [ref. 30630], Fermon et al. 2022:175 [ref. 39448] with question, Fricke et al. 2024:213 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Eustomias cryptobulbus Clarke 2001. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae. Distribution: Nearly circumglobal. Habitat: marine.