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Species in the genus Bathymyrus: [ 3 ] records

echinorhynchus, Bathymyrus Alcock [A. W.] 1889:305, Pl. 22 (fig. 6) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 58 (pt 2, no. 3); ref. 84] 16 miles east of Devi River mouth in Mahanadi Delta, Investigator station 32, depth 68 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F12440. Alcock specimens: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 821 [ex ZSI F13757] (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:132 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:35 [ref. 22148]. •Valid as Bathymyrus echinorhynchus Alcock 1889 -- (Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Zhang et al. 2010:189 [ref. 31511] as Bathymurus e., Fricke et al. 2011:353 [ref. 31242], Psomadakis et al. 2015:149 [ref. 34104], Psomadakis et al. 2020:282 [ref. 37272]). Current status: Valid as Bathymyrus echinorhynchus Alcock 1889. Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Oman east to China, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

simus, Bathymyrus Smith [J. L. B.] 1965:8, Fig. 1B; Pl. 1 (C-E) [Occasional Papers of the Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 2; ref. 9255] Moderately deep water, Vietnam. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 418. •Valid as Bathymyrus simus Smith 1965 -- (Smith 1999:1686 [ref. 24661], Smith in Randall & Lim 2000:586 [ref. 25122], Zhang et al. 2010:190 [ref. 31511] as Bathymurus s., Ho et al. 2015:145 [ref. 34130], Jayakumar et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 38209], Kodeeswaran et al. 2022:560 [ref. 39563]). Current status: Valid as Bathymyrus simus Smith 1965. Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal (India); Vietnam and China. Habitat: marine.

smithi, Bathymyrus Castle [P. H. J.] 1968:2, Figs. 1-2 [Special Publication, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 4; ref. 7876] Off the Limpopo River mouth, Mozambique, depth 260-270 fathoms. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 8071. Paratypes: (10) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 202 (1 + 1 skeleton), 3881 (2). Additional material (24). •Valid as Bathymyrus smithi Castle 1968 -- (Castle 1986:163 [ref. 5644]). Current status: Valid as Bathymyrus smithi Castle 1968. Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.