Species that contain: Bathypterois and quadrifilis [ 2 ] records

peruanus, Bathypterois quadrifilis Nalbant [T. T.] & Mayer [R. F.] 1971:316, Fig. 1 [Revue Roumaine de Biologie, Série de Zoologie v. 16 (no. 5); ref. 23676] Peru-Chile Trench, between 3°40'S and 12°40'S, 82°49'W and 82°17'W, eastern Pacific. Holotype (unique): MGAB 168. •Synonym of Bathypterois pectinatus Mead 1959 -- (Sulak 1977:93 [ref. 4299]). Current status: Synonym of Bathypterois pectinatus Mead 1959. Ipnopidae. Habitat: marine.

quadrifilis, Bathypterois Günther [A.] 1878:184 [17] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28); ref. 2010] Off Brazil, 10°46'N, 36°08"W, Challenger station 126, depth 770 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1887.12.7.199-200 (2). On p. 17 of separate. See also Günther 1887:189, Pl. 33 (fig. B) [ref. 2013]. •Valid as Bathypterois quadrifilis Günther 1878 -- (Sulak 1977:92 [ref. 4299], Miyake & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:168 [ref. 14275], Scott & Scott 1988:192 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:97 [ref. 14674], Sulak 1990:357 [ref. 15106], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:563 [ref. 23897], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:193 [ref. 27076], Thompson 2003:918 [ref. 27003], Franco et al. 2009:809 [ref. 32442], Costa & Mincarone 2010:353 [ref. 37483], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:72 [ref. 37485], Russell 2016:1834 [ref. 34572], Fermon et al. 2022:181 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:90 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathypterois quadrifilis Günther 1878. Ipnopidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to central Brazil, includign Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.