rhipidodorsalis, Ventrifossa Okamura [O.] in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:205, Pl. 146 [Fishes of the Okinawa Trough and the adjacent waters; ref. 8057] Okinawa Trough, 28°42.0'N, 127°09.0'E, depth 500-535 meters. Holotype: BSKU 27695. Paratypes: BSKU 27123 (1), 27146 (1), 27184 (1), 27190-91 (2), 27660-61 (2), 27663 (1), 27694 (1), 27696-98 (3), 27858 (1), 27862 (1), 27865 (1), 27915-17 (3), 28599 (1), 29495 (1), 30498 (1), 29571 (1). •Valid as Ventrifossa rhipidodorsalis Okamura 1984 -- (Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:94 [ref. 6441], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:296 [ref. 18936], Iwamoto & Williams 1999:228 [ref. 23875], Shinohara et al. 2001:306 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:422 [ref. 26001], Chiou et al. 2004:48 [ref. 27691], Shinohara et al. 2005:418 [ref. 28370], Jeong et al. 2010:319 [ref. 36293], Iwamoto et al. 2015:115 [ref. 35408], Nakayama 2020:307 [ref. 37888]). Current status: Valid as Ventrifossa rhipidodorsalis Okamura 1984. Macrouridae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan to Taiwan and Philippines. Habitat: marine.