nikolayi, Bolinichthys Becker [V. E.] 1978:260, Fig. 1 [Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova v. 111; ref. 8959] Southwestern Pacific, 19°39'S, 175°10'E, depth 1760 meters. Holotype: ZIN 43780. Paratypes: IOM (1). Type catalog: Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:79 [ref. 37828]. •Valid as Bolinichthys nikolayi Becker 1978 -- (Paxton 1979:7 [ref. 6440], Paxton et al. 1989:255 [ref. 12442], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1962 [ref. 24748], Paxton et al. 2006:511 [ref. 28994], Hulley & Duhamel 2010:280 [ref. 30745], Fricke et al. 2011:360 [ref. 31242], Robertson & Clements 2015:636 [ref. 34257], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:44 [ref. 37828], Meera et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41339]). Current status: Valid as Bolinichthys nikolayi Becker 1978. Myctophidae: Lampanyctinae. Distribution: Western and central South Pacific: eastern Australia and New Zealand region to the central Pacific. Records from western Indian Ocean need verification. Habitat: marine.