Species that contain: Bajacalifornia and megalops [ 3 ] records

drakei, Bathytroctes Beebe [W.] 1929:6 [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 12 (no. 1); ref. 15884] Western Atlantic, 39°15'N, 72°00'W, depth 800 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 170958 [ex NYZS 7690]. Type catalog: Mead 1958:132 [ref. 20648]. •Valid as Bathycalifornia drakei (Beebe 1929) -- (Krefft 1973:88 [ref. 7166]). •Synonym of Bajacalifornia megalops (Lütken 1898) -- (Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:234 [ref. 13675], Markle & Krefft 1985:351 [ref. 6789], Scott & Scott 1988:188 [ref. 25518], Markle & Sazonov 1990:250 [ref. 14215], Moore et al. 2003:178 [ref. 27076]). Current status: Synonym of Bajacalifornia megalops (Lütken 1898). Alepocephalidae. Habitat: marine.

erimoensis, Bajacalifornia Amaoka [K.] & Abe [K.] 1977:185, Figs. 1, 4 (A, C-E) [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 23 (no. 4); ref. 7227] Off Cape Erimo, Hokkaido, Japan, depth 970 meters. Holotype (unique): HUMZ 41502. •Valid as Bajacalifornia erimoensis Amaoka & Abe 1977 -- (Amaoka in Amaoka et al. 1983:73, 177 [ref. 8379], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:43 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:292 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:292 [ref. 26001]). •Synonym of Bajacalifornia megalops (Lütken 1898) -- (Markle & Krefft 1985:351 [ref. 6789], Markle & Sazonov 1990:250 [ref. 14215], Sazonov et al. 1993:58 [ref. 21498], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:18 [ref. 25650], Parin et al. 2014:112 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Bajacalifornia megalops (Lütken 1898). Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Cosmopolitan. Habitat: marine.

megalops, Cyclothone Lütken [C. F.] 1898:10, Pl. 4 (fig. 6) [Danish Ingolf expedition; ref. 14687] Between Iceland and Greenland, 64°38'N, 32°37'W, depth 1040 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZMUC uncat. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:10 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Bajacalifornia megalops (Lütken 1898) -- (Markle & Krefft 1985:351 [ref. 6789], Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:234 [ref. 13675], Markle 1986:219 [ref. 5687], Scott & Scott 1988:188 [ref. 25518], Pequeño 1989:33 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:73 [ref. 14674], Markle & Sazonov 1990:250 [ref. 14215], Sazonov et al. 1993:58 [ref. 21498], Nakamura & Okamura in Okamura et al. 1995:75 [ref. 22531], Santos et al. 1997:27 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:26 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:387 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:86 [ref. 24106], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:18 [ref. 25650], Sazonov & Williams 2001:S13 [ref. 26712], Carter & Hartel 2003:878 [ref. 27000], Moore et al. 2003:178 [ref. 27076], Hoese et al. 2006:387 [ref. 29035], Møller et al. 2010:24 [ref. 31169], Maslenikov et al. 2013:6 [ref. 37947], Parin et al. 2014:112 [ref. 33547], Williams & Stewart 2015:363 [ref. 34243], Afonso et al. 2016:16, 105 [ref. 36199], Hartel & Orrell 2016:1769 [ref. 34565], Carneiro et al. 2019:75 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:43 [ref. 37832], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:62 [ref. 38158], Fermon et al. 2022:130 [ref. 39448] with question, Love et al. 2021:49 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bajacalifornia megalops (Lütken 1898). Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate oceans. Habitat: marine.