Species that contain: Bathypterois and filiferus [ 2 ] records

capensis, Bathypterois Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & von Bonde [C.] 1924:8, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa v. 3 (no. 7) (1922); ref. 1649] Off Table Bay, 33°31'S, 16°40'E, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic, Pickle station 524, depth 1220 fathoms. Syntypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 794 [ex SAM 4669] (2). Type information: Winterbottom 1974:2-3 [ref. 19544]. •Synonym of Bathypterois filiferus Gilchrist 1906 -- (Sulak 1977:96 [ref. 4299], Sulak 1986:263 [ref. 5720]). Current status: Synonym of Bathypterois filiferus Gilchrist 1906. Ipnopidae. Habitat: marine.

filiferus, Bathypterois Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1906:166, Pl. 48 [not 47] [Marine Investigations in South Africa v. 4; ref. 1647] Off Cape Point, South Africa, depth 600-100 fathoms. Syntypes: (19) SAM 12664 (1). Misspelled filifirus in caption to Pl. 48. •Valid as Bathypterois filiferus Gilchrist 1906 -- (Sulak 1977:96 [ref. 4299], Sulak 1986:262 [ref. 5720], Sulak & Shcherbachev 1988:657 [ref. 6677], Pakhorukov 2001:377 [ref. 25409], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:18 [ref. 37828]). Current status: Valid as Bathypterois filiferus Gilchrist 1906. Ipnopidae. Distribution: South Atlantic. Habitat: marine.