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Species in the genus Letharchus: [ 3 ] records

aliculatus, Letharchus McCosker [J. E.] 1974:626, Fig. 6 [Copeia 1974 (no. 3); ref. 2933] Off the southern end of Parque Interlagos, Perto de Tibras, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, depth 0-1 meters. Holotype: MZUSP 9984. Paratypes: ANSP 124011 (3); BMNH 1980.9.5.19 (1); CAS 23820 (2), 23821 (1, c&s); GCRL 10807 (16); MZUSP 9985-86 (2); USNM 210600 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:132 [ref. 13621], Smith 1994:31 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Letharchus aliculatus McCosker 1974 -- (McCosker 1977:64 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:314 [ref. 13288], Leiby in Smith 1989:885 [ref. 13285], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:35 [ref. 27192] with genus as Letarchus, Carvalho-Filho 2023:59 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Letharchus aliculatus McCosker 1974. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Espíritu Santo (Brazil). Habitat: marine.

rosenblatti, Letharchus McCosker [J. E.] 1974:625, Figs. 1, 4-5 [Copeia 1974 (no. 3); ref. 2933] Reef near Saboga village, Isla Saboga, Perlas Islands, (Pacific) Panama, depth 0-3 meters. Holotype: SIO 67-40. Paratypes: ANSP 124010 (2); CAS 27838 (2); GCRL 3555 (1); LACM 32547-47 (5); SIO 15-203 (2) (ex UCLA W63-214), 67-40 (5, largest c&s), ?68-367 (2), 71-213 (14); UA 68-60-9 (1); UCR 673-13 (2); USNM 209339 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:134 [ref. 13621], Smith 1994:31 [ref. 21917], Angulo et al. 2015:377 [ref. 35212].. •Valid as Letharchus rosenblatti McCosker 1974 -- (McCosker 1977:64 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:313 [ref. 13288], Allen & Robertson 1994:53 [ref. 22193], McCosker & Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995:1336 [ref. 22830], Nelson et al. 2004:63 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:20 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:63 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:36 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:54 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Letharchus rosenblatti McCosker 1974. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

velifer, Letharchus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1882:437 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 297); ref. 1840] Western Florida, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 31458. Paralectotypes: USNM 278182 [ex 31458] (3). Type catalog: Smith 1994:31 [ref. 21917]. Lectotype established (as figured specimen) in caption to Pl. 61, p. 3244 in Jordan & Evermann 1900 [ref. 2446]; also designated by McCosker et al.1989:317 [ref. 13288]. Genus spelled Letharchus on p. 436 and Letharcus on p. 437 (corrected in "List of Corrections" on p. xi to Letharchus). •Valid as Letharchus velifer Goode & Bean 1882 -- (McCosker 1977:63 [ref. 6836], Robins & Ray 1986:63 [ref. 23100], McCosker et al. 1989:315 [ref. 13288], Leiby in Smith 1989:887 [ref. 13285], Boschung 1992:35 [ref. 23239], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:270 [ref. 23897], McCosker 2003:732 [ref. 26993], Nelson et al. 2004:63 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:63 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:54 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Letharchus velifer Goode & Bean 1882. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.