Species that contain: Brotula and townsendi [ 1 ] records

townsendi, Brotula Fowler [H. W.] 1900:518, Pl. 20 (fig. 3) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 52; ref. 14727] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): ANSP 8981. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:135 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Brotula townsendi Fowler 1900 -- (Myers 1999:66 [ref. 23965], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:24 [ref. 24448], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624], Greenfield 2005:80 [ref. 28204], Randall 2005:65 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:243 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:117 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:366 [ref. 31242]). Current status: Valid as Brotula townsendi Fowler 1900. Ophidiidae: Brotulinae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific Ocean: Marshall Islands east to Hawaiian Islands, south to Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia), Rotuma and Tonga. Habitat: marine.