minor, Eptatretus Fernholm [B.] & Hubbs [C. L.] 1981:78, Fig. 7 [United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin v. 79 (no. 1); ref. 8605] Gulf of Mexico, 24°34'N, 83°34'W, Oregon station 1009, depth 370 meters. Holotype: USNM 164119. Paratypes: USNM 218399 (2); plus other material. •Valid as Eptatretus minor Fernholm & Hubbs 1981 -- (Hensley 1985:866 [ref. 6783], Fernholm 1991:117 [ref. 20219], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:32 [ref. 23897], Fernholm 1998:34 [ref. 23976], McMillan 1999:115 [ref. 23612], Mincarone 2000:816 [ref. 25198], Mok et al. 2001:1026 [ref. 25820], Fernholm 2003:355 [ref. 26983], Mincarone & Fernholm 2010:797 [ref. 30926], Knapp et al. 2011:404 [ref. 37507], Angulo & Del Moral-Flores 2016:106 [ref. 34472], Song & Kim 2020:90 [ref. 37441], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:35 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:57 [ref. 41622], Mincarone et al. 2024:185 [ref. 41172]). Current status: Valid as Eptatretus minor Fernholm & Hubbs 1981. Myxinidae: Eptatretinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: northern and western Gulf of Mexico (U.S.A., Mexico) endemic. IUCN (2011): Data Deficient. Habitat: marine.