sparsilepis, Coelorinchus Okamura [O.] & Yatou [T.] in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:241, Pl. 170 [Fishes of the Okinawa Trough and the adjacent waters; ref. 8057] Okinawa Trough, 29°46.0'N, 127°59.0'E, depth 710-713 meters. Holotype (unique): BSKU 28441. •Valid as Caelorhinchus sparsilepis Okamura & Yatou 1984 -- (Nakabo 2000:433 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:433 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:417 [ref. 28370]). •Valid as Coelorinchus sparsilepis Okamura & Yatou 1984 -- (Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:138 [ref. 18936], Prokofiev & Iwamoto 2020:268 [ref. 37882]). •Synonym of Coelorinchus parallelus (Günther 1877) -- (Nakayama 2020:125 [ref. 37888]). Current status: Synonym of Coelorinchus parallelus (Günther 1877). Macrouridae. Habitat: marine.