Species that contain: Neobythites and unimaculatus [ 2 ] records

nigromaculatus, Neobythites Kamohara [T.] 1938:67, Fig. 37 [On the offshore bottom-fishes of Prov. Tosa; ref. 2551] Mimase market, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Kamohara "neotype": BSKU 3573. Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:9 [ref. 19282]. "Neotype" designation: Kamohara 1961:9 [ref. 19282], but neotype designation was not made in a revisory work and is invalid. •Valid as Neobythites nigromaculatus Kamohara 1938 -- (Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:100 [ref. 6441], Chen & Shao 1991:13 [ref. 16679] as nigromaculata, Nakabo 2000:443 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:443 [ref. 26001]). •Synonym of Neobythites unimaculatus Smith & Radcliffe 1913 -- (Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:82 [ref. 24448], Nielsen in Randall & Lim 2000:596 [ref. 25122], Uiblein & Nielsen 2023:187 [ref. 40427]). Current status: Synonym of Neobythites unimaculatus Smith & Radcliffe 1913. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Habitat: marine.

unimaculatus, Neobythites (Watasea) Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] in Radcliffe 1913:140, Pl. 7 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 44 (no. 1948); ref. 3579] Near Mabul Island, 4°10'50"N, 118°39'35"E, Borneo, Albatross station 5590, depth 310 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 74127. Paratypes: USNM 76678 (1). •Valid as Neobythites unimaculatus Smith & Radcliffe 1913 -- (Nielsen 1997:71 [ref. 23255], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:83 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1981 [ref. 24753], Nielsen in Randall & Lim 2000:596 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:308 [ref. 25995], Nielsen 2002:95 [ref. 26394], Hoese et al. 2006:564 [ref. 29051], Fricke et al. 2011:367 [ref. 31242], Okamoto et al. 2011:71 [ref. 31712], Ohashi et al. 2012:27 [ref. 31981], Larson et al. 2013:49 [ref. 32988], Su et al. 2023:251 [ref. 40661], Uiblein & Nielsen 2023:187 [ref. 40427]). Current status: Valid as Neobythites unimaculatus Smith & Radcliffe 1913. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Western Australia; Coral Sea east to Fiji, north to Taiwan and Japan. Habitat: marine.