stigmosus, Neobythites Machida [Y.] in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:251, Pl. 174 [Fishes of the Okinawa Trough and the adjacent waters; ref. 8057] Off Owase, Kumano-Nada, Mie Prefecture, Japan, depth 180-200 meters. Holotype: BSKU 38777. Paratypes: BSKU 27496 (1), 27939 (1), 28440-41 (2), 28328 (1), 38376 (1), 38608-09 (2), 38640 (1), 38752 (1), 38757-59 (3), 38763 (1), 38765 (1), 38775-76 (2), 38778 (1), 38786 (1), 38788 (1), 39474 (1). •Valid as Neobythites stigmosus Machida 1984 -- (Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:100 [ref. 6441], Shen et al. 1986:65 [ref. 13818], Chen & Shao 1991:14 [ref. 16679], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:83 [ref. 24448], Nakabo 2000:443 [ref. 25086], Nielsen in Randall & Lim 2000:596 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:308 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:443 [ref. 26001], Nielsen 2002:91 [ref. 26394], Shinohara et al. 2005:414 [ref. 28370], Okamoto et al. 2011:71 [ref. 31712], Ohashi et al. 2012:27 [ref. 31981], Motomura et al. 2015:16 [ref. 34709], Su et al. 2023:251 [ref. 40661]). Current status: Valid as Neobythites stigmosus Machida 1984. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan north to Japan. Habitat: marine.