johnboborum, Ventrifossa Iwamoto [T.] 1982:57, Fig. 1 [Australian Zoologist v. 21 (pt 1); ref. 8468] Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific. Holotype: AMS I.15602-002. Paratypes: USNM 149044 (1), FRSA (Fish. Res. Station, Aberdeen) uncat. (1), FRSA uncat. (1). •Valid as Ventrifossa johnboborum Iwamoto 1982 -- (Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:296 [ref. 18936], Pequeño 1997:82 [ref. 23536], Iwamoto & Merrett 1997:556 [ref. 23710], Sazonov & Shcherbachev 1997:543 [ref. 24697], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:235 [ref. 24555], Iwamoto & Williams 1999:221 [ref. 23875], Iwamoto 1999:1992 [ref. 24761], Merrett & Iwamoto 2000:775 [ref. 25037], Iwamoto & Graham 2001:496 [ref. 25637], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Bray et al. 2006:606 [ref. 29065], Fricke et al. 2011:365 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2019:69 [ref. 36673], Nakayama 2020:289 [ref. 37888]). Current status: Valid as Ventrifossa johnboborum Iwamoto 1982. Macrouridae. Distribution: Indian Ocean and Pacific: South China Sea and Philippines to Papua New Guinea, Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales; Sala-y-Gomez Ridge in Southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.