fusca, Ventrifossa Okamura [O.] in Okamura et al. 1982:153, Pl. 93 [Fishes of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge and Tosa Bay; ref. 8256] Kyushu-Palau Ridge, 27°55'N, 134°39'E, depth 700 meters. Holotype: BSKU 26067. Paratypes: BSKU 26068-69 (1, 1), 26115 (1, damaged). •Valid as Ventrifossa fusca Okamura 1982 -- (Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:94 [ref. 6441], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:296 [ref. 18936], Iwamoto & Williams 1999:223 [ref. 23875], Nakabo 2000:422 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:422 [ref. 26001], Jeong et al. 2010:319 [ref. 36293]). •Synonym of Ventrifossa misakia (Jordan & Gilbert 1904) -- (Sazonov & Shcherbachev 1997:546 [ref. 24697], Iwamoto et al. 2015:112 [ref. 35408], Nakayama 2020:301 [ref. 37888]). Current status: Synonym of Ventrifossa misakia (Jordan & Gilbert 1904). Macrouridae. Habitat: marine.