Species that contain: Bathypterois and viridensis [ 2 ] records

nigrescens, Bathypterois (Hemipterois) Parr [A. E.] 1934:19 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 4 (art. 6); ref. 3375] Off New Providence Island, Bahamas, 25°39'N, 77°18'W, Atlantic station 1478, depth 1050-1100 meters. Holotype: YPM 3203. Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:9 [ref. 16741]. •Synonym of Bathypterois viridensis (Roule 1916) -- (Sulak 1977:80 [ref. 4299], Sulak 1990:357 [ref. 15106]). Current status: Synonym of Bathypterois viridensis (Roule 1916). Ipnopidae. Habitat: marine.

viridensis, Belonopterois Roule [L.] 1916:13 [Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco) No. 320; ref. 3818] Southwest of Isla de Sal, Cape Verde Islands, station 1209, depth 1477 meters. Holotype: MOM 0091-0583. Type catalog: Belloc 1949:10 [ref. 21544]. See also Roule 1919:35, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [ref. 19805]. •Valid as Bathypterois viridensis (Roule 1916) -- (Sulak 1977:80 [ref. 4299], Miyake & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:169 [ref. 14275], Sulak 1990:357 [ref. 15106], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:564 [ref. 23897], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27192] dating to 1919, Moore et al. 2003:193 [ref. 27076], Thompson 2003:918 [ref. 27003], Franco et al. 2009:809 [ref. 32442], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:73 [ref. 37485], Russell 2016:1834 [ref. 34572], Klautau et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37903], Page et al. 2023:90 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathypterois viridensis (Roule 1916). Ipnopidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: U.S.A. south to Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Liberia and Cape Verde islands. Habitat: marine.