okamurai, Malacocephalus Iwamoto [T.] & Arai [T.] 1987:204, Figs. 1-4 [Copeia 1987 (no. 1); ref. 6779] Mouth of Amazon River, off Brazil, 2°04'N, 47°00'W, Oregon station 2080, depth 125 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 185496. Paratypes: NSMT-P 41083 (6); USNM 156903 (3), 185614 (1), 266317 (1), 278371 (2). •Valid as Malacocephalus okamurai Iwamoto & Arai 1987 -- (Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:241 [ref. 18936], Iwamoto & Williams 1999:187 [ref. 23875], Iwamoto 2003:987 [ref. 27010], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:61 [ref. 27192], Melo et al. 2010:36 [ref. 30775], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:95 [ref. 37485]). Current status: Valid as Malacocephalus okamurai Iwamoto & Arai 1987. Macrouridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Guianas south to Bahia (Brazil). Habitat: marine.
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