Species that contain: Bascanichthys and paulensis [ 2 ] records

congoensis, Bascanichthys Blache [J.] & Cadenat [J.] 1971:179, Figs. 16-20 [Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 33 (no. 1); ref. 13696] Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. Holotype: MNHN 1965-0660. Paratypes: MNHN 1965-0661 (1), 1965-0768 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:104 [ref. 20810]. •Valid as Bascanichthys congoensis Blache & Cadenat 1971 -- (McCosker 1977:71 [ref. 6836], Leiby 1990:178 [ref. 13652]). •Synonym of Bascanichthys paulensis Storey 1939 -- (McCosker et al. 1989:335 [ref. 13288]). Current status: Synonym of Bascanichthys paulensis Storey 1939. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

paulensis, Bascanichthys Storey [M. H.] 1939:73, Figs. 3, 5 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 12333] São Paulo, Brazil (stomach content). Holotype (unique): CAS 5586. •Valid as Bascanichthys paulensis Storey 1939 -- (McCosker 1977:71 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:335 [ref. 13288], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:34 [ref. 27192], McCosker 2016:1662 [ref. 34558], Moreno et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35398], Fermon et al. 2022:116 [ref. 39448] with question). Current status: Valid as Bascanichthys paulensis Storey 1939. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic; eastern Atlantic: Nigeria south to Congo. Habitat: marine.